Illidge Road:--- An illegal resident on St. Maarten and mother of four surrendered to police just after 2pm today(Thursday) after admitting to attorney at law Denicio Bryson that she stabbed her landlord and attacker in self defense on Wednesday afternoon.Ausula Nessa Edward aged 30 told SMN News while in the custody of Bryson that this is not the first time she was attacked by men, sometime last year a co-worker broke her left arm, her child father once threw a pot of hot water on her back prior to yesterday's incident.
Edward said she had just returned to her home which is located on Narrow Drive when the landlord (Angel Marlin) called out to her. The woman said she went to Angel's door she noticed her was smoking, because he had a pipe in his hands. She said Angel asked her for money and she refused to give him any monies because she had given him $7 the night before. On Tuesday Edward won $1000 in the casino and her landlord she said heard about this and he wanted money.
She when she refused to give Angel more monies the well known drug addict told her she should give him the monies because she owed him house rent. Edward said she told Angel her house rent was due on January 8 (today) and she would pay him then. She said Angel told her she had the money just then and she should give him the monies right away.
Edward said she told Angel no, because she does not intend to spoil him. She said Angle insisted that she owed him but she told him no she did not owe him because her due date to pay the house rent has not passed at that point Angel began using obscene language at her and told her to move from in front of his door.
The woman said she took up her 18 months old child and began walking towards her door when Angel told her he would slap her. She said she asked Angel if he was really going to slap her and before she knew it the man picked up a piece of wood and strike her blow to her left leg.
Edwards said after that Angel said he was going into her house to throw her belongings on the road. The drug addict she said went into her house and she followed him because he began throwing her table to the ground with other personal items.
At that point Edwards said she grabbed a knife and Angel also grabbed a knife in her house and ran outside. She said she too went outside as the argument continued and the man at some point began choking her while holding his knife. She said while struggling with the knife where he got stabbed and she a large cut in the palm of her hand.
Edwards said when the struggle began she called out to Angel's son "Anelski" to come and assist her since his father was overpowering her as he was trying to stab her but the son who was in the house at the time refused to come out.
The woman who was in tears said when the man's son finally came out of the house he looked at her in such a way that it looked as if he wanted to fight her so became afraid and run away.
About Ausula Nessa Edward
Ausula Nessa Edward a native of St. Lucia has been living on St. Maarten since was 12 years old. She did not attend any of the island's schools to get a proper education instead she went to a typing class for sometime.
The young mother has four children ages 12, 8, 4 and 18 months. At the lawyer's office yesterday she had her children father, a good friend from Jamaica who also spoke to police about the stabbing incident and several friends. One of those friends was Union Leader Claire Elshot.
Ausula said shortly before the incident she went with her friend to enroll her four year old son in school but the school did not take him because he is already four years. She said her next move was contact Claire Elshot to see how much it would cost her to enroll her child at the A.C. E Foundation but that mission is left undone.
In an invited comment Chief Prosecutor Taco Stein confirmed that the victim in this case refused to give police a statement while he was at the St. Maarten Medical Center. Stein said he cannot determine if the victim was lucid at the time or if he simply did not want to cooperate. He said Marlin passed away while receiving treatment at the medical institution. The Island chief Prosecutor also confirmed that Marlin was incarcerated in the past and he is well known on St. Maarten.
Attorney Bryson
Attorney at law Denicio Bryson made it clear to the young woman that he would not be handling her case. He said he no longer handles criminal cases and most of all he knows the victim who was his friend. He said outside of working with Marlin the dead man once married to his cousin with whom he has children. However, Bryson felt that he has a role and duty towards the justice system which is to hand her over to police.