Woman attacks elderly husband with hacksaw

A 43-YEAR-OLD Couva woman was supposed to have appeared before a Couva magistrate yesterday charged with wounding her 84-year-old husband, who was allegedly cut about his body with a hacksaw blade during an argument at their home on Tuesday night.

According to reports, the 84-year-old victim was engaged in a heated argument with his wife at their Hosein Street, Dow Village, California home around 7.30 pm. The elderly, frail man reportedly ran out of the two-storey house and into the yard. His wife, sources said, ran after him and after arming herself with a hacksaw blade, proceeded to slash and cut him about his head, chest, arms and stomach. The man’s screams of pain were heard by neighbours, who telephoned the Couva police. A wireless transmission was issued by officers at the station, which was picked up by a party of patrolling policemen led by Cpl Noel Corbett and including PCs Bissoon and Joseph. The officers reportedly had to break down an iron gate at the front of the house to enter the yard where they found the woman attacking her defenceless husband. The police pulled the woman off her husband and placed her under arrest. Officers also seized a bloodied hacksaw blade. The bleeding man was taken to the Couva District Hospital where he was treated for numerous minor cuts, and kept overnight for observation. He was released yesterday morning. The woman was subsequently charged with wounding by PC Joseph.