Avemanen Permaul was yesterday afternoon remanded to prison after he was charged with the murder of his ex-wife, Waynumattie Permaul.
An unrepresented Permaul also known as “Terry”, 55, appeared at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Renita Singh where the indictable charge was read to him.
The charge stated that the accused between April 21 and April 22 at Kilcoy/Chesney Village murdered the woman.
He was then remanded to prison and the matter was transferred to the Albion Magistrate’s Court for report on May 31.
The body of Waynumattie, also known as ‘Dataley’, 53, was found in a shallow grave dug in an empty lot located two houses away from where she resided around 01:45 on April 29, several days after she was reported missing.
The accused and the victim, who are the parents of cricketer Veerasammy Permaul and three others, both resided at Lot 33 Block 1 Kilcoy/Chesney, Corentyne, despite separating two years ago.
The woman’s son, (Veerasammy Permaul) had reported to the police that his mother had been missing since Thursday, April 21.
He had told investigators that it was strange for his mother to leave home without informing any of her children causing an investigation to be launched and police to visit the woman’s residence, where they discovered what appeared to be bloodstains on the tiles inside of the lower flat in front of the front door, in the bedroom on the floor between the tiles, and on the outer part of her bed.
The accused was then placed into custody after police became suspicious about the fact that he had failed to report the woman missing although he resided at the location. The woman’s son had also told investigators that she was involved in a relationship with another man for about nine months now and this also made the family suspicious about her sudden disappearance.
However, it was during questioning last Thursday night that police say Avemanen confessed to investigators that he murdered the woman after overhearing her on the phone with her new partner. He said he confronted the woman in the bedroom and they began to argue.
He told investigators that he cuffed the woman repeatedly about her body and then choked her. She then fell to the floor and he noticed blood about her body and that she was motionless.
In a panic, the man was said to have told the police that he wrapped the woman in a bedsheet and left her on the floor after which he walked over to the empty lot in the street, where he dug a grave. He then returned home, from where he then dragged the woman’s body to the hole and placed it inside after which he covered it with dirt.
Avemanen then returned home and went about his business, claiming to have no idea as to where the woman was when asked.
The autopsy report was inconclusive due to the state of decomposition of the body.
