Pensioner charged with murder of girlfriend

Jul 11, 2018 News

The 62-year-old pensioner accused of battering his girlfriend to death at his Rosignol, West Coast Berbice home, was yesterday charged with the capital offence of murder.
Leonard Allan of Burnham Avenue, Rosignol, West Coast Berbice appeared at the Blairmont Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Rhondell Weaver to answer to the charge of murder committed on Shabana Ishack of No.2 Village, East Canje, Berbice.
Allan was unrepresented and was not required to plead to the indictable charge. The accused is set to return to court on July 30th.

Leonard Allan

Dead: Shabana Ishack

Meanwhile, an autopsy conducted on the body of Ishack on Monday by government Pathologist Dr. Vivekanand Bridgmohan revealed that she died from Bronchoaspiration along with multiple injuries about the body.
Allan was arrested at his home last Thursday after neighbours contacted the police to inform them that his girlfriend was lying lifeless on a blood-soaked bed in the small one storey wooden building. The pensioner was sitting near the body when the police arrived.
Initial reports by this publication had detailed that Ishack had visited Allan’s home and they were imbibing in alcohol. The pensioner asked Ishack to cook him some dinner and he reportedly got upset and told Ishack that he was not pleased with how the food tasted. He then allegedly ordered the woman to consume the entire pot of food, and when she refused, in a fit of rage he began to physically assault the woman until she bled to death.
Neighbours had stated that it was a norm for the woman to visit Allan and they would both drink and argue, and this would sometimes lead to physical abuse at the hands of the accused.

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