A 38–year-old dredge owner was remanded to prison when he appeared yesterday before Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on a charge of attempted murder of his reputed wife.
Duncan Alleyne of 78 West Indies Street, Bartica was not required to plead to the indictable charge.
It is alleged that on June 15 with intent to commit murder Alleyne stabbed his reputed wife Simone Fiedtkou several times about the body, including her abdomen, head and back. Fiedtkou is still a patient at the Bartica Hospital.
Alleyne’s lawyer, Peter Hugh, in his application for bail told the court that the Virtual Complainant (VC) had stabbed the accused and another woman in his company sometime back and had recently invaded the home of the accused’s `child mother’ and bit a piece of the woman’s ear off.
Hugh said that he was giving these examples to show the propensity of the VC to attack the accused which is what transpired on the day the VC got stabbed.
Police prosecutor Denise Griffith asked that bail be refused. She said that previous matters between the accused and the VC should not have any bearing on the present matter.
Griffith said that Fiedtkou had severed the relationship between herself and Alleyne after suffering years of abuse at his hands, and had gone to live at her mother’s house. On the day in question she was confronted by Alleyne, a scuffle ensued and he stabbed her several times.
Griffith said that intent was evident in the attack since the woman did not suffer one stab wound but several critical wounds. She said that should the accused be released on bail there is a likelihood that he would interfere with the VC.
The magistrate remanded Alleyne and he has to return to court on July 9 at Bartica.
