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Man pleads guilty for shooting, burning and burying wife
Kaieteur News- Ryan Sugrim, who was accused of shooting his wife to the head, burning her body and then burying the remains in a shallow grave, pleaded guilty to the crime on Tuesday when he appeared before Justice Damone Younge in the Demerara High Court.
Sugrim admitted to the murder of Zaila Sugrim, 36, that occurred between May 11, 2019, and May 14, 2019, at La Union, West Coast Demerara. The victim, a mother of five who resided at Lot 569 Section A Block Y, Grove/Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara, had been missing for several days before detectives uncovered her bound, wrapped, and decomposing body from a shallow grave behind a gas station where her husband was employed.
Ex-husband Ryan Sugrim
Sugrim’s guilty plea ended the six-year matter and he is scheduled to be sentenced on March 18, 2025. According to reports, Mrs. Sugrim had visited one of her sons on May 11, 2019. She reportedly later left with her estranged spouse. When she failed to return home, relatives tried to contact her. After several futile attempts, they reported her missing.
It was reported that in late December 2018, Zaila Sugrim was hospitalised for five days after she was allegedly beaten by her spouse. She had left him, allegedly over his abusive behaviour. Sugrim’s statement to the police had outlined a history of tension between the couple and detailed the harrowing incident. The victim’s body was discovered on May 14, 2019. A post mortem, conducted on her body, revealed that the mother of five died from a gunshot injury to the head.
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