Man accused of assaulting wife detained in Albion Estate backlands

Edwin Jowheir

-after a month on the run

Edwin Jowheir was yesterday arrested in the backlands of GuySuCo’s Albion Estate after being wanted for the last month over the alleged assault of his wife.

He was held 30 miles off the main road.

In a statement, the police said that they had have been looking for Jowheir since August 26 following a report of assault and damage to property made by his wife.

On August 26 2024, at about 12:45 hrs, Jyoti Jowheir, a 38-year-old of Hampshire Village, Corentyne Berbice, went to the Rose Hall Town Police Station and reported that earlier that day at about 9.30 am, she was riding her electric scooter, when her husband Edwin Jowheir rode his motorcycle into hers which caused her to fall off her scooter.