Dickwon Nigel Adams, the boyfriend of the pregnant Stanleytown, New Amsterdam, teenager whose body was fished out of the Berbice River last week, was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with her murder.
Adams, 19, of Lot 17 Smithfield, New Amsterdam and DeVeldt Village, Upper Berbice River, was yesterday charged with murdering Melissa Soman, 17, of Number 58 Stanleytown, New Amsterdam.
Police have said Adams, 22, had confessed to assaulting the young woman with a piece of wood, causing her to fall overboard.
The accused had related to investigators that he, Soman and a relative of his, who was also in police custody, were at a birthday party, when he noticed Soman dancing with the relative, which led to him using a piece of wood to assault Soman.
However, it is claimed, that Soman then jumped overboard to escape the beating and was rescued by the relative, after which the boyfriend continued to assault them with the piece of wood, causing Soman to fall overboard for a second time.
