Rose Hall resident Desmond Gordon, who allegedly chopped his common-law wife to death on Monday evening, has been charged with her murder.
Gordon, 50, a cane harvester at the Albion Sugar Estate, was charged with murdering Bhagmattie Etwaroo, 50, also of Rose Hall.
He was not required to enter a plea when he appeared before Magistrate Marisa Mittleholzer at the Albion Magistrate’s Court.
