“I kill meh wife,” stated Ronald Charlie, the South Rupununi farmer who is accused of beating his wife to death last Friday.
Charlie appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson who told him that he was not required to plead to the capital offence of murder and remanded him to prison.
Charlie, a 55-year-old farmer of Waramit Farming Area, Awarewaunau Village, South Rupununi, allegedly murdered his wife Eunice Charlie on May 8 at his home.
While standing in the dock of the court, Charlie stated that, “I can’t remember wah happen cause I deh drunk.”
The magistrate subsequently ordered that he be remanded to prison and that the case be transferred to the Lethem Magistrate’s Court for June 2.
The incident occurred around 23:30 hrs last Friday after Charlie and his wife returned from a function where they had reportedly consumed alcohol.