Police on Tuesday arrested 53-year-old Martin True, a resident of Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara, in connection with the alleged murder of his ex-wife Bibi Shazida Hanif, 45.
Martin was arrested along the No. 66 Public Road in Corentyne, Berbice at about 08:30 hrs on Tuesday, hours after Bibi was found murdered. He was in a car driven by Abdul Jameer True, 29, a resident of Parika, East Bank Essequibo.
Martin was taken to the Springlands Police Station and will be transferred to Regional Division No. 3.
He is accused of murdering his ex-wife Bibi, a cleaner attached to Rapid Oil Field at Halliburton, Garden of Eden, East Bank Demerara.
Police reported that the incident occurred between 04:44hrs and 05:25 hrs Tuesday at Bibi’s Samaroo Dam, West Bank Demerara home.
The woman lived with her 18-year-old son, who is spending time in Berbice with his father.
According to reports, Bibi and Martin separated sometime in March this year, after which she began dating Hayden Xavier, a 44-year-old Trinidadian and an Inspector attached to Rapid Oil Field.
Xavier told investigators that Bibi lived with him at Red Road, Providence, East Bank Demerara, and about two weeks ago, she left his home and returned to her home at Samaroo Dam. He said she would visit his home from time to time.
Xavier explained that the company bus would normally collect the woman from Samaroo Dam every morning at 05:00 hrs and take her to Providence Public Road, then he would pick her up and take her to work.
On Tuesday, however, she called him [Xavier] and asked him to pick her up instead. While he was 20 minutes away on the Demerara Harbour Bridge, Xavier said he called Bibi, but Martin answered and allegedly said, “I now fix she deh.”
As a result, Xavier went to Vreed-en-Hoop Police Station and reported the matter before going to the home.
Police arrived on the scene and saw the victim lying motionless, in a pool of blood, on the floor next to her bed. The body was examined by the police, and two stab wounds were seen on her back. The body was then escorted to the West Demerara Regional Hospital and officially pronounced dead.
Further investigations are ongoing.
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