The 28-year-old pregnant mother of one who confessed to strangling her reputed husband to death on Mother’s Day was on Tuesday charged for manslaughter.
Melissa Cylus of Lot 14 Soesdyke/Linden Highway appeared before Magistrate Leron Daly at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.
The charge against her alleged that she unlawfully killed her reputed husband, Julian Anthony Reberio on May 13, 2018.
The woman, who suffers from anxiety and is currently five months pregnant, was granted G$200,000 bail. The case will continue on June 18.
Guyana Times International had previously reported that Cylus reportedly killed Reberio after he allegedly verbally abused her while imbibing.
However, the woman had previously reported that Reberio in his drunken state had fallen down a flight of stairs.
He was rushed to the Diamond Diagnostic Centre where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
When a post-mortem examination was performed on the man’s body, his cause of death was given as asphyxiation and further investigation showed redness around his neck.
It was then that relatives called for the Police to take a closer look at the matter.
Cylus was later arrested and during interrogation allegedly told investigators she and Reberio had an altercation and she reportedly strangled him.
