Berbice: The 47-year-old daughter who is accused of killing her mother appeared at the Fort Wellington Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday where she fainted two times, triggering Magistrate Rabindranauth Singh to order that she seek medical attention and a psychiatric evaluation.
Kamela Jameer was charged with the Murder of her mother, 71-year-old mother Rookmin Jameer at their Lot 305 Tempe Village, West Coast Berbice residence.
She is currently under guard at the Fort Wellington Hospital and is set to appear again in court today.
The woman’s brother Shaheed Jameer and other relatives were present at court in support.
The brother said that despite what his sister did to his mother “is still my sister and I forgive she”.
He asked that the accused be counselled, since it is his belief that she has struggled mentally since her children were taken away from her.
Shaheed Jameer explained that sometime ago, during the woman’s previous marriage, she lost her home to a fire and shortly after, her marriage fell apart and “dem children go and live with their father”.
Those troubling events, he opined, contributed to the mental state she is in presently, but stressed that there is no excuse for her actions.
Meanwhile, her aunt Juliet Carr, 67, one of four sisters alive and the youngest said she is unhappy with the entire situation over her sister’s death but is willing to forgive her niece.
The woman’s body was found at her Tempe Village home lying on the kitchen floor in a pool of blood
Reports are that the suspect confessed to the act, saying that her mother had been accusing her of stealing money.
Following the confession, Cameela Jameer took investigators to the scene of the crime, where she led them to a chopper in the house, stating that it was the weapon she used to murder her mother.
When the woman was arrested, she handed over US$600 along with $365,000 local currency to the police.
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