Ruth Hamlet, a 21-year-old shopowner of Tobago, has been stabbed to death by a female relative who remained in police custody last night. Police said they were told Hamlet and her common-law husband were near her shop at their home, when an elder relative and her (the relative�s) boyfriend began throwing stones at the shop. Detectives said Hamlet pleaded with the relative to stop throwing stones.
However, Hamlet was attacked with a cutlass. A struggle ensued between Hamlet and the relative during which the cutlass fell. The relative then reportedly pulled out a knife and stabbed Hamlet about the body. Hamlet ran but collapsed a short distance away. She was rushed to the Scarborough Hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival.
