Woman kills abusive partner

Sep 20, 2025 News

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 …as domestic violence crisis deepens in Guyana

Kaieteur News – A 19-year-old woman is in police custody after she fatally stabbed her 20-year-old partner at Baramita, North West District (NWD) on Thursday.

The dead man has been identified as Kevin Smith, an Amerindian miner of Baramita while the accused was named at Nadria James also from Indigenous community.

Police said the incident occurred at approximately 17:00hrs.

“Investigations revealed that the victim and the suspect were in a relationship and had been living together in a wooden and plastic camp for about a year. On the aforementioned date and time, the suspect returned home after consuming alcohol and found the victim lying in his hammock. When the victim noticed the suspect, he grabbed a cutlass and struck her on the left shoulder and her right hand, which led to her becoming agitated. The suspect then pulled out a handmade knife from her waist and stabbed the victim on the left side of his chest,” police reported.

After being stabbed, Smith reportedly stumbled out of the camp and collapsed in a patch of bushes.

“The suspect fled the scene and made her way to the Baramita Police Station, where she provided a statement regarding the incident. Police officers then accompanied the suspect back to the scene, where they found Smith lying motionless on his back. There was visible blood on his body, along with what appeared to be a stab wound on the left side of his chest.”

Smith’s body was taken to the Baramita Cottage Hospital where a medex pronounced him dead.  His body remains at the hospital where it awaits a post-mortem examination.

The domestic violence crisis continues to deepen in Guyana. For this year, a number of women and in some cases, their female relatives have lost their lives to domestic violence.

Meanwhile Leader of We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) Azruddin Mohammed in a statement on his Facebook page said the tragedy highlights the need for more to be done to address the issue of domestic violence in Guyana, as too many families are being destroyed by it.

“This is no isolated incident; days ago, we were grappling with a man stabbing his wife and then ingesting poison. And here we are again. Domestic violence demands our collective attention and collaborative action. We must prioritise counselling and mental health support for both men and women,” the statement added.

Additionally, Mohamed said violence is never the answer and that the responsibility is on each Guyanese to break the cycle, so that tragedies of this nature do not continue to plague the country.

 A deadly year!

On September 16, a Crabwood Creek, Corentyne, Berbice man went berserk brutally chopping his common-law wife of 15 years to death before ending his own life by consuming a poisonous substance. Dead are Alisha Narine, 36, and Ram Singh, who according to police reports, ingested a poisonous substance after committing the heinous act. The police confirmed that Singh died while under guard at the Number 75 Village Hospital, Corentyne.

The dead woman’s sister divulged that for all the years the couple was together, Alisha suffered endless physical abuse at the hands of Singh.
“He always ill-treats her, beat her, threaten her. Last couple months (ago), he threatened she in the market and tried to jook she up right in front of everybody and the security guard in the market catch he and he was four months in prison.”

Even though she underwent endless cycles of assault, the deceased Narine, a domestic worker, always warmed up to Singh’s apologies and assurances of changing, her sister told this newspaper. Multiple pleas for her to end the relationship with the abusive man were dismissed, the sister shared in grief.

From January to late August, 13 women lost their lives in domestic violence encounters. In January, 16-year-old Janelly David was beaten to death and left in a hammock in Region One by her partner Eon Moore. Also in the same month, 34-year-old Bibi Fazila Ally (34) was killed by her ex-partner Bidraj Ganesh. Her body was left in a pool of blood and was discovered by her eight-year-old son.

In February, 27-year-old, Kenesha Vaughn was shot 12 times by her husband Marlan Da Silva during an argument, while he was allegedly intoxicated at their Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara. Also, in the same month Shameeza Mohamed was brutally beaten by her son-in-law Parsuram Arjune subsequently succumbing to her injuries.

The month of April saw five women losing their lives: Mezona Ronaldo was set on fire by her partner Kevin Cadogan and subsequently succumbed to her injuries. Reports from family members revealed that he had cut her hair off a few weeks before.

Also, in April, Maline La Cruz, her sister Sueann La Cruz and her mother, Waveney La Cruz lost their lives at the hands of her ex-partner Parmanand Ramdehol, when he shot them at their Waiakabra Village, Soesdyke-Linden Highway.

In the same month, 30-year-old Marissa Beete was shot by her ex-boyfriend Ghalee Khan who was a convicted drug trafficker. In July, Jenel Pollydore (26) was shot dead at a wedding by the father of her child. In August, Teekadai Solomon was shot at least 10 times by her husband Alroy Solomon who then turned the weapon on himself ending his life. He also shot their son during the ordeal. In the same month, 45-year-old Bibi Shazida Hanif was stabbed to death by her ex-husband Martin True.

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