St. Maarten:

A Grenadian woman is facing possible murder charges in St Maarten following the death of her Grenadian husband last week Friday.

According to an article published by the Daily Herald police officials received a call about a domestic dispute at Mount William Hill around 9:50 p.m, however when the lawmen arrived on the scene they found Michael Derek Calliste (47) of Grenada suffering from a stab wound to his chest. He later succumbed to the injuries and died before he arrived at St Maarten Medical Center.

Calliste's death is believed to be linked to a long-standing abusive relationship and police have detained a woman who is said to be the deceased's reputed wife.

The Daily Herald reported that while there was no official word from St Maarten authorities about Friday's fatal stabbing up to press time, the couple's teenage son told the newspaper that the police had had cause to visit the couple's Dutch Quarter residence in the past because of a violent domestic dispute.

He also reported that police had taken his mother to Safe Haven, the local shelter for battered women, for her own safety on a previous occasion.

The 14-year-old St Maarten Academy student, who said he could no longerattend school because his residence papers had not been processed, blames himself for his father's death.

He said that Friday night's argument stemmed from his failure to purchase groceries after earning some money at the mechanic shop where his father worked for years. "Every time I make some money they argue, he explained.

He said his father and mother had quarrelled over the matter and there had been an altercation during which his mother had been hit in the face.

"I was telling my mother not to raise her voice with my father and to take it easy and my father wanted to hit me, said the distraught son.

He said he had tried to help, his father had grown even angrier and hit his mother again, and she had drawn a knife and stabbed him in the chest.

He is now concerned that he has to fend not only for himself, but for his two younger sisters and a five year-old brother ­ all children of his mother and father.

Deputy Chief Police Commissioner Richard Panneflek confirmed Calliste's death around 11:00 p.m. and said the woman responsible for the stabbing had been detained by patrol officers, the newspaper reported.