Suspect in murder of Crane woman released from hospital

Natram Lall, the man who attempted to take his own life after he allegedly stabbed his wife, Bibi Zameena Ally to death at their Crane, West Coast Demerara home on Wednesday morning has been discharged from the hospital.

Regional Commander, Assistant Commissioner Simon McBean yesterday told Sunday Stabroek that Lall was discharged from the West Demerara Regional Hospital on Friday and is presently in police custody.

McBean said the police are awaiting an autopsy report before they charge Lall. He is expected to appear in court in the new week.

Ally also known as ‘Annette’, a mother of three of Lot 15, Old Road, Crane, WCD was stabbed eight times about her body including to her neck, chest and stomach. The attack happened around the time the couple were retiring to bed on Tuesday at around midnight.

Rajpattie Persaud, the dead woman’s mother had previously told this newspaper that she noticed nothing amiss between the two earlier in the day since they were chatting as they would normally do and cooking together before Lall left to go purchase materials for the construction of an apartment downstairs.

On Wednesday when this newspaper visited the home of Ally, Rajpattie had recounted the attack.

 “The last word I hear she told him was, ‘Ah want to sleep, ah got to go to work in the morning’ and me eye shut away till when I hear she [scream] and she seh, “Mommy, mommy” and by the time me run out and me big grandson run out fuh approach she bedroom, she run out and fall down in front of meh bedroom door. I seh she unconscious and decide fuh get the alcohol fuh rub she up. I approach him [Lall] and asked him, ‘What happen’ and he seh, ‘She crazy.’ That the word he use to me. That she crazy and she only want to sleep, sleep. Then ah see all the blood start run out from she and then ah see he gat a knife. I didn’t see the knife before then,” she had said.

Ally’s brother and other neighbours rushed her to the WDRH where she was pronounced dead on arrival.

Lall was afterwards found by the police hiding at one of the neighbours’ house. Upon arresting him they realised that he had ingested a poisonous substance and needed medical attention.

The couple shared three children together. The youngest is seven-years-old.