Mohammed Ramzan Shaheed, who was arrested in connection with the murder of an 85-year-old Bushlot, West Coast Ber-bice woman, on Monday evening confessed to dealing the first set of blows with a piece of wood, a police source said yesterday.
Shaheed, for whom a wanted bulletin was issued last week, was arrested in Bushlot Village, West Coast Berbice around 4.30 pm on Saturday.
The body of Sumintra Sawh, also known as “Aunty Betty”, of Lot 131 Section ‘B’ Bushlot Village was found on her bed with stab wounds – one on both sides of her temple, three on the forehead, and one to the back of the head last week Monday.