A Bloomfield, Corentyne estate labourer was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with the murder of his wife.
After leaving the court the man told onlookers that he is heading to “home sweet home.”
Mahendra Paltoo, also known as “Ajai”, 35, of Lot 172 Bloomfield, Corentyne, appeared at the Whim Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Renita Singh where the charge was read to him.
He is accused of murdering Oma Davi Virasammy on November 6th at Bloomfield Village, Corentyne.
Although the unrepresented man was not required to plead to the charge he told Magistrate Singh that he wished to plead guilty to manslaughter.
Magistrate Singh then told him that he was not required to enter a plea to the indictable charge and remanded him to prison.
He will return to court on December 12th.
Paltoo yesterday told the court that he was charged with malicious wounding in 2020 and was released from prison on March 12th.
As the man entered the court yesterday he wore a grin on his face and made jokes with onlookers. After being remanded to prison and exiting he told the said onlookers that he’s now heading to “home sweet home.”
Virasammy and her unborn baby were yesterday laid to rest. Although, a post mortem report from the police did not specify that the woman was pregnant and had lost the baby due to the incident, it noted that she died as a result of shock and haemorrhage due to a severed artery in her foot.
Relatives of the woman had said that they had heard that she was pregnant but could not confirm this following the incident.
Paltoo initially had claimed that Virasammy was making up the bed for their baby when she slipped and fell on a cutlass which was between two mattresses in their bedroom. He had claimed that she sustained an injury to her ankle.
He told investigators that he assisted her by dressing the wound and she later went to bed. However, he woke up at about 4.40 am and observed her body motionless on the bed after which an alarm was raised.
However, after further investigations, the man eventually told police that he and his wife argued on Sunday evening after she accused him of being unfaithful.
He had said that during the argument he armed himself with a cutlass and dealt her lashes about her body. She reportedly sustained injuries to her face and ankle.
