Wife killer jailed for 30 years
By Jada Loutoo Monday, June 17 2013
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MAN who killed his wife by stabbing her in the throat, has been
sentenced to 30 years’ hard labour but will spend 23 years of that,
having already been incarcerated for seven years awaiting trial.
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Mohammed was convicted of manslaughter having escaped the hangman’s
noose when a Port-of-Spain jury found him not guilty of the charge of
murder on which he was indicted. Mohammed was on trial before Justice
Geoffrey Henderson, who had some harsh words for the prisoner, telling
him as a man he should have walked away from the volatile situation with
his wife. Mohammed, of Mayo Road, Tortuga, stabbed his wife Marian
Petit Paul Mohammed in the throat with a knife on June 19, 2006, at
School Street, Edinburgh Village, Chaguanas.
Paul Mohammed was killed in front of her two children Shazard and Shereez, who were nine and eight at the time. The Mohammed family was living at Mohammed’s mother’s home. In his testimony, Shazard said his mother was going to the kitchen and was stabbed by his father. Neighbours also testified during the trial that the couple was arguing loudly before Paul Mohammed was stabbed.
According to the prosecution’s case which was led by prosecutor Angelica Teelucksingh, Mohammed gave a confession to the police and also gave them the murder weapon.
He told the police, his wife had been unfaithful and had abandoned the children when they were young. He said he was trying to rekindle the relationship but his estranged wife was a drug user and was behaving strange.
At the trial, results of a blood test done during her autopsy showed Paul Mohammed was a regular marijuana user. Jurors also heard Paul Mohammed had a protection order out against her husband at the time of the incident.
Mario Merritt and Ayana Humphrey defended Mohammed.
Paul Mohammed was killed in front of her two children Shazard and Shereez, who were nine and eight at the time. The Mohammed family was living at Mohammed’s mother’s home. In his testimony, Shazard said his mother was going to the kitchen and was stabbed by his father. Neighbours also testified during the trial that the couple was arguing loudly before Paul Mohammed was stabbed.
According to the prosecution’s case which was led by prosecutor Angelica Teelucksingh, Mohammed gave a confession to the police and also gave them the murder weapon.
He told the police, his wife had been unfaithful and had abandoned the children when they were young. He said he was trying to rekindle the relationship but his estranged wife was a drug user and was behaving strange.
At the trial, results of a blood test done during her autopsy showed Paul Mohammed was a regular marijuana user. Jurors also heard Paul Mohammed had a protection order out against her husband at the time of the incident.
Mario Merritt and Ayana Humphrey defended Mohammed.
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