Arraignment of Berbice woman for mother’s murder delayed

Rookmin Jameer

Taken before the Fort Wellington Magistrate’s Court to be charged with the murder of her mother, Rookmin Jameer, the accused, Kamela Jameer, fainted in the docks, delaying her arraignment.

Kamela, 43, of Tempe Village, West Coast Berbice, yesterday appeared before Magistrate Rabindranauth Singh, who was unable to read the murder charge to her, after she fainted and could not compose herself while in the docks. 

Jameer cried profusely while waiting in the court’s briefing room for her matter to be called. However, as she entered the courtroom to answer to the charge, she immedia-tely fainted.