The 41-year-old man accused of murdering his wife at their Princeville Backdam, Potaro, Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni) camp, has been remanded to custody until January 15, 2024.
The accused, Cornel Henry was arraigned before a Magistrate on Monday and a charge for the indictable offence of murder, to which he was not required to plea, was read to him.
The dead woman has been identified as 42-year-old cook, Christina Holder.
Police stated that the now dead woman and Henry had been in a common-law relationship for the past 12 years. On Sunday, October 15 at about 23:00h, the couple was imbibing ‘High Wine’ with coke and water at their camp while playing a game of cards.
However, at about 02:00h on that day, a worker from a nearby camp was awakened by a noise emanating from the couple’s camp which is about 100 feet away.
The worker said he heard the couple arguing followed by a crashing sound after which Christina was heard screaming for help.
The worker said he immediately ran to the couple’s camp and saw the now dead woman with several stab wounds to her body, including her face and arms.
At the time, she was naked. She subsequently collapsed to the ground, and her husband was also there with blood on his body.
The matter was immediately reported to the Mahdia Police Station.
When Police detectives arrived at the scene, the woman was found motionless with multiple stab wounds to her body, face, and arms.
Meanwhile, Henry was contacted by Police and told of the allegation levelled against him, to which he reportedly responded: “She accused me of f*#*king a Spanish girl.”
As such, he was arrested and escorted to the Mahdia Police Station along with the alleged murder weapon.
