Construction worker to be sentenced for stabbing reputed wife

A jury in the Berbice High Court found a construction worker guilty of unlawful wounding on Tuesday. The man was on trial for stabbing his common law wife many times.

Seon Christie, 42, was initially charged with attempting to murder Shanaz Mohamed, 31 years of age. However, 12 jurors unanimously convicted him of the lesser offence.

Trial Judge Jo Ann Barlow ordered that Christie will be kept under remand pending his sentencing hearing, which is scheduled for March 27, 2024.

Kevin Morgan served as Christie’s defence lawyer while State Counsel Muntaz Ali presented the case for the prosecution.

According to court records, Christie and Mohamed cohabitated at Fort Ordinance in Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) for two years.

But according to a statement Mohamed gave the police, problems resulting from Christie’s unemployment caused their relationship to end in April 2021.

Christie, she said, moved out of their home as a result of the issues. She did, however, disclose that a knife-wielding Christie ambushed her on May 2, 2021, while she was at home.

He was carrying a hammer, the woman added. She said that Christie stabbed and assaulted her as she was using her phone, stating, “Oh, that’s what you’re doing.”

Mohamed recalled being knocked unconscious after the incident and waking up at the New Amsterdam Hospital, where she spent a week receiving care for her injuries to her head and neck.

Christie, on the other hand, ran away on foot and the Police issued a wanted bulletin for him.

However, the now-convicted man asserted in his caution statement that he was defending himself and that Mohamed had attacked him with a knife before he took away the weapon and stabbed her.