Terrence Jackson, the man who is accused of fatally stabbing his wife during an argument at their Cane Grove, East Coast Demerara home one week ago was on Tuesday charged with the crime and remanded to prison.
Jackson, 56, a rice mill employee appeared before Magistrate Marissa Mittelholzer at the Mahaica Magistrate’s Court.
He was not required to plead to the indictable charge which stated that on January 23rd at Cane Grove, ECD, he murdered Somattie Keosoram.
Jackson was remanded to prison until February 28th.
Forty-four-year-old Keosoram, a mother of six was stabbed multiple times about her body, in full view of her 16-year-old daughter around 7.30 pm last Thursday at her Lot 36 Virginia Village, Cane Grove, ECD house.
Her throat was also slit. She was rushed to the Mahaicony Cottage Hospital where she died on arrival.
Jackson fled the scene on a bicycle. He was apprehended by the police the following morning, shortly after he attempted to hang himself.
An autopsy showed that Keosoram died as a result of multiple stab wounds.
Reports are that the couple shared a years-long marriage which Keosoram ended about three years ago due to the constant abuse she faced.
As a result, she moved to Cane Grove with her children. However, despite this, the suspect would frequent their home and had only moved in back without her permission less than a month ago.
Stabroek News understands that the couple was involved in a heated argument last Thursday evening during which Keosoram told the suspect to leave. How-ever, he refused and the argument escalated during which she was attacked and stabbed.
