Woman attacks taxi driver in self defence
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A 26-year-old woman from Brazil Village believed she had almost the same fate as Andrea Bharatt when she was taken forcibly to Heights of Aripo instead to her workplace, on Sunday morning.
The woman, who became fearful for her life, took out a knife and slashed the driver of what seemed to be a licensed taxi (H-car) across the face.
According to a police report, at about 7:10 am on Sunday 14th February 2021, the victim boarded a taxi, a silver Tiida partial plates HCB, at the corner of Woodford Street and Broadway in Arima and requested to be taken to her workplace at E-Teck in Cumuto.
Decomposed body found in San Rafael
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Police are trying to ascertain the identity of a badly decomposed body which was found in the San Rafael area on Tuesday (19 January 2021).
According to a police report, at about 12:15 pm, a truck driver from Brazil Village reported to the police that he found the skeletal remains of a body at Arena Road, San Rafael, after the bridge in an area Known as “The Ware”.
The truck driver told the police that he was hunting in the area when he discovered the body hidden in a bushy area some 60 feet off the Arena Road.
Two murders overnight
Homicide officers were kept busy overnight following two murders, which occurred in separate incidents in Chaguanas and Brazil Village.
Murder in Chaguanas
In the first incident, 37-year-old Naresh James, of Sarju Street, Petersfield in Chaguanas, was shot dead on Tuesday night after the gunman confronted his wife and their two children in the bedroom of their home.
According to a police report, at about 10 pm, James’ wife was at her home when a man of African descent, armed with a firearm and wearing a mask, entered her bedroom and demanded that she tell him where her husband was.