Boy, 10, 'tried to save mother from cutlass-wielding relative'

The ten-year-old son of 29-year-old Sherian Huggins, who was chopped to death by a male relative on Wednesday morning, stood in front of his mother’s attacker trying to defend her,  armed with a knife, relatives say.

But the man pushed the boy aside and hacked Huggins to death.

Relatives at Huggins’ home in Dan Kelly, Port of Spain, told Newsday the boy and her three other children are now in the care of relatives, and the family is considering seeking counselling for the ten-year-old boy.

“He would be very traumatised,” said Isiah Worrell, a relative. “We are trying to console him and make sure he stays on the right path, but he just witnessed his mother’s death.”

Relatives added that his father was killed by police several years ago.

At about 4 am on Wednesday, relatives heard arguing and screaming at Huggins’ house, and  saw a male relative armed with a cutlass. He struck Huggins several times with the cutlass before fleeing.

Huggins later died at the scene.

About two hours later the body of a man was found in Woodford Square, Port of Spain. It was assumed he had taken his own life. Police are working on the theory that the man is Harris, but they are waiting for relatives to confirm his identity.