–says police have not taken a statement
The Haslington woman who was stabbed and slashed by the father of her son will possibly have to undergo another operation as doctors need to determine whether she has sustained any nerve damage.
The 21-year-old Maria Ward of North Haslington, East Coast Demerara (ECD) told Stabroek News yesterday that she was frustrated.
She said she has to be re-examined and will possibly have to undergo surgery again as the doctors will have to ascertain whether a nerve has been damaged to the right side of her face just below the ear. However, she said that physically she was feeling much better than in previous days.
She said she was relieved that her attacker, Christopher Haynes also called ‘Clint’ and ‘Mark Anthony, was still in police custody as far as she knew. But she said the police had not yet visited her to take a formal statement.
The woman was hospitalised after being brutally stabbed and slashed on Monday, after Haynes accused her of unfaithfulness. Ward suffered a slash to her throat and three stab wounds to her body, including one to her left temple.
The young woman’s shocked relatives said that they received a call early on Monday morning informing them that Ward had been attacked by the man, who practically lived at her home.
Relatives had told this newspaper that Haynes and Ward were on their way to Haynes’s home around 2 am on Monday, when he attacked her. After slashing her throat and stabbing her, he removed her bloodied clothing dressed her in some of his and took her to the hospital in a taxi.
“She said while in the car, he tell she not to tell people at the hospital is he do it but tell them how she get attack and she call he and he come and assist,” the relative said.
However, Ward told the police at the hospital what had really happened and Haynes was arrested.
Relatives said Ward told them that Haynes had hit her before and that she had complained several times to his mother.
Haynes, a mason by profession, was expected to leave the country on Monday morning to take up a job on a ship.
