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Battered wife wants husband to face the full force of the law
“He took me since I was 13 and he was 29, this is all I know about and Tuesday’s attack was the final straw. I want to see my children grow up, I can’t stay in it because he will kill me the next time”- Shameeza Mohamed
After being stabbed and chopped more than 10 times about the body, 27 year old Shaeemza Mohamed says she is prepared to leave her husband of 14 years and hopes that he is jailed for his actions.
Mohamed was allegedly attacked by the man on Tuesday after yet another domestic brawl. When this newspaper visited her in hospital yesterday her hair was visibly still blood soaked. She hugged her elderly mother who had also come to visit her.
Mohamed’s face bore a long chop wound and even though it was surgically closed, blood was still oozing from the wound. Her face was swollen fat and her eyes were blood shot, clear signs of the beating she received.
Asked to recount what went wrong on Tuesday, Mohamed said everything
Mohamed’s face reveals the brutality of the attack.
quickly escalated from an argument.
According to the woman, on Monday she and her children along with her landlord went to the seawall for an afternoon walk. Upon her return to their Lot 211 Second Street, Cummings Lodge home, the woman said, an argument started with her husband. She told Kaieteur News that it was during the argument, that her reputed husband began beating her. Mohamed said that after she was beaten, the man packed his clothes and told her that he was moving out.
She said the man left the house and went over to the landlord’s house, which is a short distance away, to ask for the gate keys. Mohamed said that a short while later she saw the man jumping the gate and he again started to beat her.
The woman said that after the second beating, her husband went to bed as if nothing was wrong. She explained that the following morning her husband left the house and she assumed that he was heading to work. However the woman said he returned home sometime around 10:30 hrs and began “cursing” her but she did not answer.
“I ain’t answer him because I know if I answer him, one thing does lead to another,” she told Kaieteur News. She said the man then sent her daughter to buy five beers and when she returned with it he commenced a drinking spree during which he started to hurl threats at her and their three children.
“After he finish drinking de beers and get drunk he start asking me fuh de chopper, saying how he going to chop up everybody,” Mohamed said.
The woman said she tried to leave the house but her husband was standing by the door. She said that soon after, her husband ran towards the landlord’s door and began “chopping” it. The woman said she became very fearful and stayed inside with her children. She said that her husband came back into the house and sent her daughter to buy “more beers”.
However before the child could return, the police came and arrested her husband. The woman said that after her husband was arrested she felt some sense of relief. However, that relief was short lived as her husband was released on $10,000 station bail. After hearing that he was placed on bail, the woman desperately tried to seek refuge at her mother’s house, fearing that her husband would become more violent.
“After I hear he get bail, I called my mother and ask she if she gon pay de car and she say yes so I start getting me self together to leave the house,” Mohamed explained. According to the woman, she was looking for clothes to put when she heard her husband come into the house. “When he came in the house I was in the bedroom looking for clothes and de next ting I feel was my skin cutting; is stab he de stabbing me,” Mohamed said.
The woman said she started screaming for her neighbours, who came to her assistance and took her to the hospital. Yesterday as Mohamed recounted her story, she said that she knew exactly what people might think about her.
“I know people going to ask why I stayed in this relationship for 14 years….but I stayed because I ain’t have nowhere else to go,” Mohamed cried.
The woman said she is pleading with the police to find him and ensure that he faces the full force of the law.
The woman told Kaieteur News that it’s hard to leave a relationship which you’ve been in since you were 13 years old.
“He took me since I was 13 and he was 29, this is all I know about,” Mohamed said. She said that Tuesday’s attack was the final straw. “I want to see my children grow up, I can’t stay in it because he will kill me the next time,” Mohamed told Kaieteur News.
On Tuesday evening in a telephone interview with Kaieteur News the suspect claimed that he was forced to defend himself after his reputed wife attacked him with a chopper.
Mohamed’s reputed husband said that the incident stemmed from an altercation at around 10:00 hrs on Tuesday when he came home and saw his wife and a female friend drinking beers with a man. The husband said that he suspected that the man was having a relationship with his spouse.
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I am almost in tears for this woman. What a coward for a man… Why would you have to use a weapon on someone you completely dominate with your fists? Not that I condone hitting anyone but its beyond me to fathom the thought process a infidel who beats a woman into subjection with his hand then knowing her defenseless abilities, proceed to attack her with a knife or any other weapon for that matter. Let’s judge him on his
principles if his unbelievable story is true… Suspicion equals Guilt. We suspected that you would have murdered your wife, your children and your landlord. We condemn you to be hanged.
Further an investigation have to be launched into the police’s actions that allowed immediate bail to an aggressive intoxicated man who was threatening violence of a murderous magnitude. Even further is the shop owner who sold alcohol to a minor- the
relationship is 14 yrs, the wife was 13 yrs when it started… the child is therefore is still a minor.
Love your blog, you are a gentleman.
if she change her mind and the courts let him go like all the rest and this lady dies its the courts fault.
That’s for darn sure.
Very sorry for all the women who go through this type of situation, but my question is what does a thirteen year old know about love and relationship, he was sixteen years older, where were the parents, my guess is she ran off with him, hopefully these stories will get to the young women of Guyana, who think that having a boyfriend or a man, at a tender age is not what life is about.
Life is about getting an Education, a career, being independent and following your dreams.
Police and Social Services along with parents need to pay more attention to these young people.
I totally agree with you 100%
Why are people even attacking this woman? That’s crazy. It does not matter how she ended up in this situation. What matters is the crime that is being committed. Unfortunately, in many cases, these young girls did not run off with the man. It is still the culture in some parts of Guyana to “marry of your young girl before she bring shame one we”. If the young girl gets pregnant before marriage, she will not be ‘eligible’ for marriage any longer. “no man aint gon want she..she spoil.”
Why are you people even attacking the victim? It doesn’t matter how she got into the relationship. This man has committed a serious crime. And with regards to young girls running off. It is not always the case. In many parts of Guyana, it is still in our culture to “marry off the young girls before she gets pregnant…or ‘spoil’… then no one will take her for a wife. So she gets married, gets kids. Husband is abusive. Who will take her and her kids? Sometimes situations happen due to certain circumstances. The man should be in jail forever. Sorry excuse for a man. Very unfair to attack this woman.
This is really sad and unfortunate.
I pray this justice will be swift and fair.
I am wondering why she went with the landlord to the seawall, and whether their is more in the mortar than the pestle.
Women has to be careful that they do not operate in a manner within the relationship that would place them in personal danger.
But even so, the man still has no right whatsoever to do this to her.
Dunce_man you are very bright, lol,lol,lmao…
“He took me since I was 13 and he was 29″
So you drop out of school to shack up with an old man? At age 13 and him age 29 — that is statutory rape. your parents should also be charged with what your lover has subjected u to. Or as they say you were a “wild” lil thing. Anyways, at least you are prepared to walk away from this abusive relationship..but you should run, run as fast as you can.
Again as I stated in a previous commentary, what our society has become, and the acceptable values of Common law relationship only this time the victim was a minor when they first met. How could a parent back then allow her 13 year old child to shack up with a man who can be her dad, I don’t know, may its their economic status or simply uneducated lord help our society.
Please do not be so hard on her, you don’t know the story behind all of this so please chill. I am not discriminating here but you are fully aware that Indians get married very young and some of them run away with the boy and then the shit hit the fan. Indian men are more abusive to women in Guyana so please do not doubt that for a moment. This is nothing but the truth.
Shameeza, I would like to wish you a speedy recovery and I am kindly asking you never to go back with this scumbag. Stay away as far as possible. What the hell is going on in Guyana with so much Domestic Violence? Come on Mr. President pass some serious laws against these abusers and make sure that when they are arrested, they don’t get any bail because they will make sure they go and kill that person.
I think two of the main reason that these women are in these relationship its because they think they cannot do better, and their self-esteem is low. The government needs to make sure they make providence for women in abusive relationships, build a a few homes where these women can seek safety and shelter and would be able to accomplish some kind of skillls so that they will be able to be self-sufficent and provide for themselves and kids. I am aware that back in the days all we knew was men always beating their wives and girlfriend when they are drunk and in a jealous rage.
OUR WOMEN NEEDS HELP DESPERATELY
SAFETY FIRST, THEN PROTECTION. COME ON DO SOMETHING HERE..
My mum suffered the same way as well. WE had to stick with this cruel man because we had to as there was nowhere to go. There is no system in place to help abused women. Instead of building houses and repairing roads, build shelter and repair relationship. Bring back schools to teach women to sew, make furniture and other trades that will enable them to provide for themselves. Assist them by means of law and enforcement of the law. Provide training for the police women and men to counsel the people so they can be an asset to society, support women and empower them by providing shelter for them. What’s the point of having a country with new buildings and dead souls living in it?This big redevelopment in Guyana is of little benefit for the poor. Stop giving thieves the money to provide for these poor people. get honest people to sort this out, preferably women who can help other women.As KEN said we are all responsible for this cripple. My mum was a trained nurse but the money wasn’t enough for a tiny family to live on.SHAME on those women who think that these women are making choices. Education and jobs are not always available to the poor. I know ,I have been there. If you haven’t walked in someone shoes, don’t judge. People should get off their high horses and try and understand the negative impact of social and financial aspect of Guyana’s society instead of condemning women My mum struggled to provide for me, trying to live with just the two of us but there is no governmental nor community support. We should try and empower our women rather than condemn them.No woman would make the choice of staying if she had somewhere safe and secure to go and has a guarantee of restarting life with flats and a skill.
We should all organize a BIG rally in Georgetown to demand that the Guyana government get rid of thievery and corruption, and bring back some sanity for the
future generation. We need more compulsory education.
I feel your pain sister… I grew up with a mom who refused to allow a man to hit her and it was tough… Many are calling for tougher laws and better enforcement, for Government to do something… that’s not going to happen… some of the villains are also Government officials and law enforcement officers… anybody remembers the previous first lady?
What i think is desperately needed is Strong community organizers who are willing to bring change from the bottom up. I think it starts with you and me who are
passionate about our fellow human well beings. it will be tough and we will have to fight off High ranking officers and officials who will target us because we will liberate their victims and vanquish their villainous ventures… but it would be worth it because I have two beautiful daughters who must meet a better world as churned through their hero’s effort. I am the change I seek and thanks to you guys I am now inspired to make a difference. Let’s all aspire.
Yes m’am state the case so clearly and eloquently
Tell them Sherida!!!!