A Rosignol man today opted to plead guilty to fatally stabbing his wife back in November, 2020, when he appeared at the High Court in Berbice before Justice Navindra Singh.
Taijram Rahim, a cane cutter of Marcy Dam, Rosignol Village, West Bank Berbice, in November, 2020, was charged with the murder of his wife, Amrita Rahim, 28.
Rahim, who was represented by Attorney at Law, Surihya Sabsook, pleaded guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter at the High Court in Berbice today.
Justice Singh accepted the plea and ordered a probation report.
Rahim will return to court on February 20, for sentencing.
Rahim, also known as “Sally”, a housewife and the accused, lived together with their three children, ages 11, 10 and 7, at Rosignol Village, West Bank Berbice.
On the evening of November 13, 2023, the couple attended a celebration in the said yard at a relative’s house, where it was reported that they both had some alcoholic beverages.
After returning home, the couple began to argue after the man accused her of cheating on him. During the heated argument, the woman, who was lying on her bed, threatened that she would leave the home if the man continued with the accusations.
Stabroek News was told that the man, while arguing, proceeded to the kitchen and armed himself with a knife, and then went into the bedroom where he stabbed the mother of his children in the area of her left breast, after which he escaped.
The injured woman was rushed to the Fort Wellington Public Hospital where she was pronounced dead on arrival.
Her husband later turned himself over at the Blairmont Police Station.
A post-mortem examination which was done confirmed that Rahim, who was stabbed once in the area of her left breast, died as result of a perforation of the heart.
Amrita Rahim
