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Nigel
Abraham |
Another
murder has gripped the tri-island state of Grenada pushing the
murder total for the year to six.
Officers
attached to the Criminal Investigations Department on Monday
arrested and charged 40-year old Nigel Abraham, a school teacher,
for the murder of his wife Bernadette Abraham both of Morne
Delice, St Paul's.
The teacher
made his first Court appearance before Chief Magistrate Patricia
Mark on Tuesday amidst a crowd of curious on-lookers who gathered
to get a first hand look at the man charged with Murder.
He is being
represented by Attorney-At-Law Derek Sylvester, who told the
court that he will like for the matter to be dealt with expeditiously.
The body of 36-year old Bernadette was discovered by a neighbour
at her home on June 23. She was a teacher at the St Paul's
Government School.
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Bernadette
Abraham |
Her husband,
Nigel, was formally charged after extensive investigations by
members of the CID and findings of forensic experts flown into
Grenada. According to reports Mrs Abraham died as a result of
manual strangulation.
Nigel has
been a teacher at St George's Anglican Jr School but recently
joined the staff at Wesley College Secondary School teaching
Social Studies. Mrs Abraham was laid to rest last week Friday,
one day before her husband was picked up by local police officers
and interrogated.
Unconfirmed
reports are that Nigel allegedly told someone that his wife
reported that she was not feeling well and had told him that
she was going to see a doctor. It is said that he went to work
and called back home to check on his wife but there was no response
to his phone calls. Reports indicate that he called a neighbour
and asked the individual to go check on his wife, only to find
out that she was dead.
It was
also reported that when the couple's two children wanted
to bid goodbye to their mother they were stopped by their father
who told them to leave their mother alone since she wasn't
feeling well. Public Prosecutor, Christopher Nelson is appearing
on behalf of the Commissioner of Police.
Nigel has
been remanded at the Richmond Hill Prison and is set to return
to court on the 20th of this month.
