Neville Simon, 58, has been charged with the murder of one-year-old Sirah Williams.
Simon was also charged with maliciously wounding Michelle Williams and the common assault of Nikitak Williams.
Simon, of Sion Drive, Tarodale Ste Madeleine, was charged by Woman Police Constable Claudia La Rode, of the Homicide Bureau of Investigations Region Three office, following an incident on September, at Tarodale, Ste Madeleine.
Advice was received by the Director of Public Prosecutions, Roger Gaspard SC on Thursday to charge Simon.
On September 19th , 2021, around 8:15 pm, the deceased Sirah Williams was in the arms of her grandmother Michelle Williams, 50, who was seated on a chair in the gallery area of her home located at Sion Drive, Tarodale Ste Madeleine.
It is alleged the accused whilst having an argument with his wife, Michelle Williams and daughter Nikitak Williams, went into the house and returned brandishing a cutlass.
It is alleged he then dealt the deceased a fatal chop to her head, and continued to chop Michelle Williams several times about her body, whilst threating to kill all persons present.
An alarm was raised and a report made following which officers of the Ste Madeleine Police Station responded.
On arrival at the scene they found the accused in a room at the said address.
The accused was subsequently detained.
The deceased and her grandmother Michelle Williams were taken to the San Fernando General Hospital, where the deceased succumbed to her injuries.
Simon is expected to appear before the San Fernando First Magistrates’ Court on Monday.
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