Sheet Anchor man beats, chops wife to death

A Sheet Anchor man yesterday morning beat and chopped his wife to death, according to eyewitnesses, and then jumped into the Canje Creek.

Mintie Karamchand, 40, of Lot 19, Sheet Anchor Village, East Canje, Berbice sustained several chop wounds to her wrist and foot, along with several lashes with a wooden bench in her head.

The accused, Goldburn December, also known as “Goldie”, 47, of said address is presently on the run. B Division’s top detectives were still hunting for him, as of late yesterday afternoon.

Goldburn December

Eyewitnesses told Stabroek News that December was beating the woman, after which he picked up a “chopper” and started chopping her on her wrists and ankles. However, one person told this newspaper that the man then took a small wooden bench and dealt the woman three lashes in her head, while screaming, “You nah dead?”

According to another eyewitness, he then fled the scene with an item