– satisfied suspect in custody
The son of Indranie Sugrim—the woman who was knifed to death on Sunday—said yesterday that he had repeatedly pleaded with her to end her relationship with the suspect after he witnessed several acts of violence meted out to her, but she did not listen to him.
Kevin Anthony Singh, who had just returned home from Trinidad and Tobago, told Stabroek News at the woman’s Cummings Lodge home that the whole incident has left him speechless, while expressing satisfaction that the police has the suspect Shawn Paul Singh, in custody.
Sugrim, 40, and the man had shared an abusive on and off relationship for the past five years.
According to Kevin he got the devastating news via BBM (Blackberry Messenger) and immediately booked a flight home. He said he had spoken to his mother the day before and everything with her was normal.
He told Stabroek News that while he was there he saw how his mother was being treated and he advised her “plenty times” to leave the man. He said as of now he doesn’t want to hear anything about Singh.
Singh remained in police custody up to press time last night.
Sugrim’s post-mortem examination, which was scheduled for yesterday was postponed to tomorrow, since, according to a relative, “they had too much dead fuh cut”.
The relative said the police have advised them that the suspect will remain in police custody until then as investigators needed to have the PME completed before they could make out a charge.
According to reports, the woman’s 11-year-old daughter was visiting her grandmother a few streets away when her hysterical mother called saying that Singh was going to kill her. This was around 11 am. The child raced home and found her mother lying in the bedroom.
Reports are that shortly after the attack the man was seen leaving the yard. At the time he had a sledgehammer, spade and hammock in his possession. Police said in a press release issued yesterday that the suspect was seen leaving the yard with blood stains on his hands.
Sugrim’s sister Radha Singh had told this newspaper that she knew something was wrong after she heard screams coming from the house. She said she was too afraid to venture close.
The woman said her sister was in an abusive relationship and she acknowledged that the couple did not live good and that Singh would often bully his partner.
Stabroek News was told that the woman had made several reports to the police station against the man. He was charged at least once.
Sugrim is one of many women who were brutally killed by their partners for the year.
