Man threatens to drown baby
...suspect in custody
A Penal man is in police custody after he threatened to drown a four-month-old baby boy in a muddy pond.
The 27-year-old suspect is expected to be charged with several
offfences, including assault by beating the child's mother with a piece
of wood.
Little Sanjay Seepersad was asleep at his family's
home at Rampersad Trace, Clarke Road, when the drunken man entered
around 6.30pm.
Police said the man began arguing with the child's mother, Nadia Hosein, over a cellphone charger.
The child's older sister, one-year-old Reanna Seepersad, was also in the house.
Investigators said the suspects began beating 20-year-old Hosein about
the body. The woman's screams alerted relatives, who lived nearby. But
as they attempted to stop the man, he grabbed the screaming baby and ran
into a forested area.
Police said he threatened to kill the
baby boy. A team of officers led by acting corporal Persad of the
Siparia CID and officers of the Penal CID and Task Force mounted a
search for the suspect.
He was spotted standing near a pond
inside the thick forest around 8.30pm. Investigators said the man
threatened to throw the baby inside the pond if they came closer. But as
the officers began moving in, the man dropped the baby and ran off.
The officers chased the man through the forest. He was arrested and
taken to the Penal police station. The mother and son were examined at
the Siparia Health Centre. Hosein was treated for injuries to her both
legs.
Source: Ccn Tvnews, facebook page
Night of terror for 4-month-old baby
Relative threatens to dump him in pond
Hungry
and naked in the Penal forest, four-month-old Sanjay Seepersad’s
screams were what led police to a clump of bushes where a 29-year-old
male relative dumped him on Wednesday night. Sanjay’s
20-year-old mother, Nadia Hosein, cried tears of joy when they were
reunited after she had earlier watched in horror as the relative held
her son over a pond and threatened to end his life. Hosein,
the mother of two, lives in abject poverty. She said the night of
terror began around 6.30 pm when the relative returned drunk to their
Rampersad Trace, Clarke Road, home and started an argument over a
cellphone charger she had lent his brother. In a fit of rage, the man picked up a piece of wood and struck her across her legs as she was about to breastfeed the child. On hearing Hosein’s screams, her mother-in-law, Rajdaye Basdeo, rushed to quell the fight.
However, the man picked up the child and ran into the road, where he
boarded a taxi and went further into the trace. On reaching a bushy
track, he jumped out of the car and walked about a quarter-mile into the
forest with the baby. Hosein and Basdeo followed and after a lengthy
walk through the bush they found him holding the child over the pond,
shouting: “I will drop him, you know.” She said: “After he walked by the
pond, he sat down and he wanted to kill my child. He said he wanted to
throw the child into the pond.” She said tears were streaming down her
cheeks as she pleaded with him: “Don’t do this, I want my boy
child.” Instead, he tried to climb a coconut tree, saying he would drop
the baby on the ground. Hosein called the police, who said when they
arrived in the forest the suspect told them: “If you come any closer I
will drop the baby in the water.” CID and Task Force officers, led by
Cpl Persad and PC Singh, approached the man, who threw the child into
the bush as he tried to get away.
Police wrestled him to the ground and after putting up a fight he was
taken to the police station. Police said a file is expected to reach the
Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions today.
Baby Sanjay was taken to the Siparia Health Centre where doctors gave
him a clean bill of health. Despite the ordeal, Hosein said she still
wanted the relative to return home, saying she loved him and he was the
sole breadwinner of the family. However, she said, he first needed to
stop drinking alcohol and end his abusive behaviour. Despite Sanjay’s
escape, a life of hardship awaits as his mother, a secondary school
dropout, cannot find work. With the relative arrested, the only source
of food now comes from Basdeo’s $3,000 pension cheque which has to feed
ten mouths.
Hosein said: “I want him back but I want him to stop drinking his rum. I
want him to control himself but if he is abusive to me, no.” The
family, who do not have basic amenities—running water, lights, toilets
and a paved road—said none of them had money to travel to the Penal
Police Station yesterday to carry a change of clothes for the
suspect. Explaining her plight, Hosein said her parents died when she
was a child. Her mother was stabbed to death by her stepfather during a
domestic squabble and her father later drank poison when she was
15. After that she moved between foster homes and abusive relatives
which ultimately led her to a life with the suspect. She said she felt
bad about her situation and hoped she could find some way to uplift her
family. Police yesterday described Hosein’s circumstances as
disheartening and said although they had tried to help her in the past,
there was only so much they could do.
Source: http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/2013-07-18/night-terror-4-month-old-baby
Man threatens to drown baby...suspect in custody
A Penal man is in police custody after he threatened to drown a four-month-old baby boy in a muddy pond.
The 27-year-old suspect is expected to be charged with several offfences, including assault by beating the child's mother with a piece of wood.
Little Sanjay Seepersad was asleep at his family's home at Rampersad Trace, Clarke Road, when the drunken man entered around 6.30pm.
Police said the man began arguing with the child's mother, Nadia Hosein, over a cellphone charger.
The child's older sister, one-year-old Reanna Seepersad, was also in the house.
Investigators said the suspects began beating 20-year-old Hosein about the body. The woman's screams alerted relatives, who lived nearby. But as they attempted to stop the man, he grabbed the screaming baby and ran into a forested area.
Police said he threatened to kill the baby boy. A team of officers led by acting corporal Persad of the Siparia CID and officers of the Penal CID and Task Force mounted a search for the suspect.
He was spotted standing near a pond inside the thick forest around 8.30pm. Investigators said the man threatened to throw the baby inside the pond if they came closer. But as the officers began moving in, the man dropped the baby and ran off.
The officers chased the man through the forest. He was arrested and taken to the Penal police station. The mother and son were examined at the Siparia Health Centre. Hosein was treated for injuries to her both legs.
Source: Ccn Tvnews, facebook page
Night of terror for 4-month-old baby
Relative threatens to dump him in pond
Hungry
and naked in the Penal forest, four-month-old Sanjay Seepersad’s
screams were what led police to a clump of bushes where a 29-year-old
male relative dumped him on Wednesday night. Sanjay’s
20-year-old mother, Nadia Hosein, cried tears of joy when they were
reunited after she had earlier watched in horror as the relative held
her son over a pond and threatened to end his life. Hosein,
the mother of two, lives in abject poverty. She said the night of
terror began around 6.30 pm when the relative returned drunk to their
Rampersad Trace, Clarke Road, home and started an argument over a
cellphone charger she had lent his brother. In a fit of rage, the man picked up a piece of wood and struck her across her legs as she was about to breastfeed the child. On hearing Hosein’s screams, her mother-in-law, Rajdaye Basdeo, rushed to quell the fight.
However, the man picked up the child and ran into the road, where he boarded a taxi and went further into the trace. On reaching a bushy track, he jumped out of the car and walked about a quarter-mile into the forest with the baby. Hosein and Basdeo followed and after a lengthy walk through the bush they found him holding the child over the pond, shouting: “I will drop him, you know.” She said: “After he walked by the pond, he sat down and he wanted to kill my child. He said he wanted to throw the child into the pond.” She said tears were streaming down her cheeks as she pleaded with him: “Don’t do this, I want my boy child.” Instead, he tried to climb a coconut tree, saying he would drop the baby on the ground. Hosein called the police, who said when they arrived in the forest the suspect told them: “If you come any closer I will drop the baby in the water.” CID and Task Force officers, led by Cpl Persad and PC Singh, approached the man, who threw the child into the bush as he tried to get away.
Police wrestled him to the ground and after putting up a fight he was taken to the police station. Police said a file is expected to reach the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions today.
Baby Sanjay was taken to the Siparia Health Centre where doctors gave him a clean bill of health. Despite the ordeal, Hosein said she still wanted the relative to return home, saying she loved him and he was the sole breadwinner of the family. However, she said, he first needed to stop drinking alcohol and end his abusive behaviour. Despite Sanjay’s escape, a life of hardship awaits as his mother, a secondary school dropout, cannot find work. With the relative arrested, the only source of food now comes from Basdeo’s $3,000 pension cheque which has to feed ten mouths.
Hosein said: “I want him back but I want him to stop drinking his rum. I want him to control himself but if he is abusive to me, no.” The family, who do not have basic amenities—running water, lights, toilets and a paved road—said none of them had money to travel to the Penal Police Station yesterday to carry a change of clothes for the suspect. Explaining her plight, Hosein said her parents died when she was a child. Her mother was stabbed to death by her stepfather during a domestic squabble and her father later drank poison when she was 15. After that she moved between foster homes and abusive relatives which ultimately led her to a life with the suspect. She said she felt bad about her situation and hoped she could find some way to uplift her family. Police yesterday described Hosein’s circumstances as disheartening and said although they had tried to help her in the past, there was only so much they could do.
Source: http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/2013-07-18/night-terror-4-month-old-baby
However, the man picked up the child and ran into the road, where he boarded a taxi and went further into the trace. On reaching a bushy track, he jumped out of the car and walked about a quarter-mile into the forest with the baby. Hosein and Basdeo followed and after a lengthy walk through the bush they found him holding the child over the pond, shouting: “I will drop him, you know.” She said: “After he walked by the pond, he sat down and he wanted to kill my child. He said he wanted to throw the child into the pond.” She said tears were streaming down her cheeks as she pleaded with him: “Don’t do this, I want my boy child.” Instead, he tried to climb a coconut tree, saying he would drop the baby on the ground. Hosein called the police, who said when they arrived in the forest the suspect told them: “If you come any closer I will drop the baby in the water.” CID and Task Force officers, led by Cpl Persad and PC Singh, approached the man, who threw the child into the bush as he tried to get away.
Police wrestled him to the ground and after putting up a fight he was taken to the police station. Police said a file is expected to reach the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions today.
Baby Sanjay was taken to the Siparia Health Centre where doctors gave him a clean bill of health. Despite the ordeal, Hosein said she still wanted the relative to return home, saying she loved him and he was the sole breadwinner of the family. However, she said, he first needed to stop drinking alcohol and end his abusive behaviour. Despite Sanjay’s escape, a life of hardship awaits as his mother, a secondary school dropout, cannot find work. With the relative arrested, the only source of food now comes from Basdeo’s $3,000 pension cheque which has to feed ten mouths.
Hosein said: “I want him back but I want him to stop drinking his rum. I want him to control himself but if he is abusive to me, no.” The family, who do not have basic amenities—running water, lights, toilets and a paved road—said none of them had money to travel to the Penal Police Station yesterday to carry a change of clothes for the suspect. Explaining her plight, Hosein said her parents died when she was a child. Her mother was stabbed to death by her stepfather during a domestic squabble and her father later drank poison when she was 15. After that she moved between foster homes and abusive relatives which ultimately led her to a life with the suspect. She said she felt bad about her situation and hoped she could find some way to uplift her family. Police yesterday described Hosein’s circumstances as disheartening and said although they had tried to help her in the past, there was only so much they could do.
Source: http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/2013-07-18/night-terror-4-month-old-baby
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