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A 34-year-old woman collapsed and died moments after she allegedly had a scuffle with her husband. According to neighbours, Juliet Tiwaa had persistently accused her husband of cheating on her.They said, on Thursday, January 2, 2014, Juliet confronted and tried to prevent her husband from going out in the night but collapsed and died moments later. Exchange of words Neighbours who spoke to the Daily Graphic said the couple, who lived with their two children at Manhean, near Ablekuma in Accra, had been experiencing marital challenges and her husband on a number of occasions had sent his wife out of their house. A tenant in the house, told the Daily Graphic that at about 7 pm on Thursday, she heard the couple exchanging words in their room and later, saw Juliet following her husband out of the house, apparently to prevent him from going out. Collapsing at the roadside Another eyewitness who spoke to the Daily Graphic said he saw Juliet collapsing at the roadside a few minutes after she was seen with her husband who was fixing the buttons on his shirt, while Juliet held onto it. In the course of the struggle between the two, the eyewitness said, Juliet collapsed and onlookers tried to resuscitate her with water. The husband left the scene as the woman lay motionless and she was rushed home where neighbours continued to revive her. The tenant said after pouring cold water on her and calling her name several times, she regained consciousness. �When she responded and opened her eyes, she immediately asked for the whereabouts of her husband,� added the tenant. According to the tenant, when Juliet was informed that her husband was at the lorry station, she asked a young woman in the house to go and call him. Fainting for the second time Minutes later, the young woman returned to inform Juliet that her husband had boarded a vehicle. Juliet fainted again after which all efforts to resuscitate her failed. Later when her husband was called on phone and informed about what had happened to Juliet, he returned to the house where family members of the deceased and some residents in the area tried to beat him up, blaming him for being the cause of the death of Juliet who is believed to have had a heart failure. The Odorkor District Police confirmed the incident and said the body had been sent to the Police Hospital in Accra for autopsy, while the husband had been detained by the police to prevent him from being lynched, while investigations continue.