Latest update September 22nd, 2026 10:30 AM
Man beats wife to death after drinking spree
Police have detained a South Rupununi man who allegedly beat his wife to death during a drinking spree last Friday.
A police press release identified the victim as 55-year-old Eunice Charlie, of Waramit Farming Areas, Awariwanan Village, South Rupununi.
The release stated that the woman and her husband had attended a function during which they consumed alcohol.
They returned home around 23:30 hrs where an argument developed. It is alleged that Charlie’s husband then struck her several times with a piece of wood.
She was taken to the Lethem Hospital where she was pronounced dead on arrival.
Her husband was subsequently detained.
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