Linden man gets 8 years for killing wife

May 01, 2012 News

Justice Franklyn Holder yesterday sentenced a former Linden resident to eight years imprisonment for stabbing his reputed wife to death. The man Wilson Chan had earlier pleaded guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter.
Chan was accused of murdering Louisa Loretta Ramessar, 44.
The court was told that he stabbed Ramessar on September 10, 2007. The woman succumbed to injuries on October 17, 2007. Chan was initially charged with attempted murder, but it subsequently changed after Ramessar died.
The case was presented by State Prosecutors Zamana Ally and Diane Kowlessar while Chan was represented by Attorney at law Jailall Kissoon, in association with Satesh Kissoon.
Chan’s lawyers in a mitigation plea told the court that Chan has become reformed. According to Jailall Kissoon, his client has taken advantage of a majority courses which the prison offers. He asked the court to examine all the circumstances of the case. The defendant who spoke briefly assured that he was very remorseful for his actions. He said that he has attended several prison programmes and excelled. The court was also given a probation report.
On the day of the stabbing, based on a report, Police Constable Quincy Alexander had gone to the home of Ramessar on September 10. He had heard voices coming from one of the apartments. He knocked at the door, saying: “Police! Open up!”
The court was told that the officer heard a voice saying “Ah can’t come …ya gotta kick the door down”. Then he heard the said female voice saying, “Yes, I gon drink it.” And a male voice saying, “Drink it now!”
The policeman followed what the woman said and kicked open the apartment door and entered in time to see the accused, Wilson Chan, kneeling on a bed over Ramessar with a knife in his right hand. He saw the accused stab her to the left side of the abdomen.
Constable Alexander then pulled out his revolver, pointed it to the accused and told him to drop the knife, which the man did. The accused came off Louise Ramessar, and lay flat on the floor.
The woman was taken to hospital, and the accused was charged with attempted murder. Louise Ramessar died on October 13, 2007. A post-mortem done on October 17, 2007 revealed seven wounds on her body; but the cause of her death was given as peritonitis due to perforation of the intestines as a result of stab wounds.
Peritonitis is inflammation of the peritoneum, which is the thin issue that lines the inner wall of the abdomen and covers most of the abdominal organs. The post-mortem also revealed that the woman was a diabetic and had bed sores.

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