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Boyfriend remanded for Sophia woman’s murder
The boyfriend of strangled 23-year-old ‘E’ Field Sophia resident, Shoala Gilgeous, was yesterday remanded to jail after being charged with her murder.
Paul Anthony Luhing, who reportedly had a one year-old relationship with Gilgeous, appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court before Magistrate Hazel Octive- Hamilton.
Murder accused: Paul Anthony Luhing
He was told that on August 26, at ‘E’ Field Sophia, he murdered Gilgeous. He was not required to plead to the offence.
Luhing stood silently as his lawyer, Trenton Lake, made a special request for an early date for the preliminary inquiry into the matter. Lake also inquired whether the police had concluded their investigations and was in possession of a case file. He was informed that the police had not.
Court Prosecutor, Terry Bostwick, requested that Luhing be remanded to state custody, since the offence of murder does not permit bail.
He will have to return to court on October 5.
According to reports, the body of the 23-year-old woman was found in her apartment after the family went to check on her. It is alleged that the accused called one of the dead woman’s sisters and asked that she go check on the woman.
A police press release had stated that Gilgeous was frothing from the mouth when she was found. A post mortem examination later revealed that the 23-year-old victim was manually strangled to death.
Further reports stated that Gilgeous and the suspect, known only as ‘Paul’, had a turbulent one-year relationship. A female neighbour had said that on the day in question she heard the deceased and the accused arguing.
She said she had gone out and heard nothing further upon her return and that she presumed that the argument had ended.
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