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Judge to rule on submissions in Grandmother manslaughter trial

Jul 21, 2012 News

The manslaughter trial of Thakurmani, 64, of Bennett Dam, Rosignol, West Berbice who is alleged to have killed her husband, Yodha, called ‘Ramsook Maikhoo,’ a fish vendor on April 27, 2008 at their home is continuing in the Berbice High Court before Justice James Bovell-Drakes and a mixed jury.
The matter is expected to continue on Tuesday when Justice James Bovell Drakes is expected to rule after submissions were made by Defence Counsel Rabindranauth Singh in the absence of the jury after the Prosecution’s final witness, Pathologist Dr. Nehaul Singh, had testified.
Dr. Singh had testified in the place of fellow pathologist Dr. Vivikanand Brijmohan who had performed the autopsy at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital. Dr. Brijmohan was unavoidably absent   due to illness.
Among injuries observed on the body, according to the report, were four incised wounds under the right arm.  The left eye socket was exposed with the lower and upper eyelids completely eaten while most of the upper and outer eyelids on the right and the outside were missing. There were extensive bruises to the right lower arm, elbow and upper arm, a series of transverse bruises on the right lower lateral aspect of the abdomen and the right and upper quadrant of the buttocks.
The cause of death was given as shock and haemorrhage and multiple incised wounds.
The incised wounds could have been caused by a sharp instrument, notably a chisel, scissors, bottle, cutlass, knife, zinc, or glass.
State Prosecutor Ms. Rhondel Weaver in her opening address, on June 28 last, revealed that the accused and the deceased had lived together for over 40 years at Lot 50 Bennett Dam, Rosignol, West Bank Berbice. They had seven children.
A number of witnesses had testified, including the victim’s brother Charrandan Maikhu who gave evidence to seeing his sibling two times for the day. The second time he was in a pool of blood. He was subsequently taken to the Fort Wellington Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. He was later taken to the Mortuary.
Detective Corporal Duke Jack also gave testimony to the part he played in the investigation and after carrying out his investigation, he subsequently arrested the accused and placed her in custody.
Krisendat Maikhu the couple’s son testified to identifying his father’s body at the Post Mortem examination.
Kundal Persaud also testified that on the day in question he saw the accused in the morning. The man asked him for rum, which he gave to him. He did not see him again.
Police Inspector Grace Bristol also gave evidence in the matter, stating that during the time of the incident she was a subordinate officer attached to the Blairmont Police station.
Thakurmani was initially charged with the capital offence, but was committed on the lesser charge at the completion of a Preliminary Inquiry held at the Blairmont Magistrate’s Court by Magistrate Nigel Hawke. She was subsequently granted bail in the sum of $200,000.

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