Mom to face court for alleged poisoning of children

Feb 12, 2017 News

A woman who became irate on Friday after finding out about her husband’s alleged infidelity and is said to have poisoned her three children before consuming the same substance, will be charged with three counts of attempted murder.
This is according to a police source who is dealing with the investigation.
He indicated that the 28-year-old woman can also be charged for damaging a mini bus belonging to her partner.
At present, she and her three children are said to be in a stable condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation.
A medical source said that the substance has been flushed out of their bodies and they are being kept for observation.
Kaieteur News understands that the woman will not be allowed to see the children. The matter is being investigated by both the Guyana Police Force and the Childcare and Protection Agency.
The woman is said to have mixed a powder she uses to bathe her dogs in order to kill fleas and gave it to the children before consuming a portion of it.
According to information received, the woman became unsettled after a phone conversation with her partner, who is working in the interior.
Kaieteur News was informed that the woman apparently found out that her partner was having an affair and decided to confront him with the allegation over the phone.
It is unclear what happened during the telephone call, but the woman’s brother said that her husband, after talking to his wife, called his family in the area and told them to go quickly and check on the children since he feared that she may harm them.
Reports are that when the man’s family rushed to the premises, they found the door locked. It was after they broke the door that they found the children and their mother lying on the floor. They were all rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation where they remain patients at the facility.
When this newspaper tried to contact the woman’s family, they claimed that it was a private matter and whatever happened was a mistake and not intentional.
Neighbours said that the woman, who sells food in the area, was normal up to Thursday afternoon but around 02:00 am she began breaking up items in her home.
“She chopped up her TV, table, stove and so, and then later she jumped on a bike and went to her cousin house, where her husband has his minibus and break up the windscreen,” a neighbour recounted.
The woman suggested that her husband probably admitted his affair to his wife who then lost her cool.

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