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“A dull Christmas for my family and my grandchildren”- says mother of murder victim
Four months ago, on August 7, a housewife and mother of three girls walked into the home she shared with her cane-cutter husband for the very last time. She was butchered to death. The killer turned the knife on himself and committed suicide.
The shocking incident took place at Kilcoy/Chesney Scheme, just a few minutes away from the Albion Police Station.
Sabrina and Ramesh
Rohini Lakhan, called ‘Sabrina’ was 29 when she was murdered by husband, Ramesh Ramdeen, leaving their 14, seven and five-year-old daughters behind.
Ramdeen was attached to the Albion Sugar Factory. She was married to Lakhan for 15 years but it was a turbulent 15 years together since she reportedly suffered physical and emotional abuse at the hands of her husband.
It was on that day that she had decided to “get out”; “enough was enough”. Ramdeen had to appear at the Albion Magistrate’s Court for one of the many domestic violence matters against him and Lakhan.
However, during the court proceedings Lakhan decided that she wanted to leave him for good. Thus, upon court orders a female police rank had to accompany her to uplift her belongings from the home. The female sergeant in charge of the Albion Police Station did so but left Lakhan at the house while she was packing with Ramdeen upstairs.
Sabrina Lakhan two girls, ages 5 and 7
The killer seized the opportunity and in a fit of rage because of Lakhan’s decision to move, he slit his wife’s throat with a cutlass and then killed himself.
A visit to Lakhan’s mother, Monica Lakhan, at her Williamsburg home, revealed that the woman was happy to see that someone was checking up on them after the tragedy. The two youngest girls were getting dolled up to head out to their annual school party while Monica was doing some chores with her daughters-in-law.
She said that although the incident is still fresh in the minds of everyone, she still manages to carry on but this Christmas just wouldn’t be the same.
Monica said her daughter would usually assist her during the holidays and would also take the kids. “Dem does come and sleep over and spend Christmas and break the New Year but this year me na got me daughter and these girls don’t have a mother.”
She added that the five-year-old would frequently ask for her mother but she assures her that “Mommy go come back”, despite knowing the harsh truth.
Monica Lakhan
As she continued to speak about the happy times when her daughter was alive during Christmas the tears began to flow.
“Me miss she lots, so much because she is the eldest. Anything wrong with me she use to come. This will be such a dull Christmas. Dem children na have no mother. How dem go feel that everybody enjoying and dem don’t have mother?
“But we try to make the children feel loved and cared for as much as we can”, she said.
Monica told this publication that they currently survive on public assistance which is only $8000 a month and a religious leader assists with $10,000 every month. She however noted that surviving on the little has been difficult since she has the added responsibility of taking care of her two grand-daughters.
Her husband is unable to work due to an eye problem developed only recently, but her other children also assist when they can. The eldest daughter of the deceased (Lakhan) is staying with the relatives of her father and keeps in regular contact with her sisters.
Persons who are desirous of spreading a little joy to the girls and her grandparents during the holidays can make contact with them on numbers 322-5508/617-1924.
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