A carpenter accused of hacking his wife to death in 2007 was yesterday committed to stand trial for her murder.
Magistrate Fazil Azeez at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court told Dwayne Jordan that a prima facie case was made out against him and committed him to stand trial for the murder.
Jordan is accused of hacking his reputed wife, Claudine Rampersaud to death on June 14, 2007 at Den Amstel, West Coast Demerara. Reports are that Rampersaud was coming home from work, a few minutes before 10 that night when her reputed husband, Jordan, who was waiting on her, dragged her into an abandoned house on the Claybrick Road, Den Amstel and hacked her to death. Her sister, Shellon Payne and brother-in-law, Ryan Lewis, who were alerted to the incident rushed to the scene and were attacked too by the man, who later fled. He was later captured by police with seemingly self-inflicted wounds to his neck and stomach. After spending some time in the hospital, he was charged with the murder.