The 16-year-old girl who was brutally chopped with a cutlass by her lover at Big Creek Backdam, North West District (NWD) remains in an unconscious state in the High Dependency Unit (HDU).
The girl had been a patient of the Intensive Care Unit since she was air dashed from Port Kaituma Hospital to the Georgetown Hospital on May 22 and was on life support. Her condition improved somewhat and she was transferred to the HDU on May 28.
The teen, according to officials, sustained a gaping wound about six inches long to her head in addition to numerous chops about the body.
She has managed to open her right eye but the other is still swollen shut.
This newspaper was told that the teen cannot speak but would respond when spoken to be moving her eyes and her foot.
This newspaper understands that the girl’s mother and father are unable to travel to the city to see her because they have no money.
At the hospital yesterday, the teen appeared to be unresponsive and this newspaper was told that no one visits her.
Meanwhile, efforts this newspaper made to confirm whether or not the suspect had been arrested proved futile.
The chopping, which occurred around midnight on May 20, came after the suspect reportedly caught the teen in a compromising position with Junior Joseph, a 22-year-old employee of the dredge operation. Joseph was chopped to death during the incident. He began working for the suspect a few months ago.
Based on the information provided to this newspaper, the girl began a relationship with the suspect shortly after he moved to the area, less than a year ago.
He has been renting a house at Oronoque, Port Kaituma.
Stabroek News later learnt that the suspect first met the teen at a Kayamoo – a barrack-like accommodation for sex workers – where she was employed.
He later took her to his mining camp to stay there with him.
The man had suspected that the girl was being unfaithful to him and decided to hatch a plan to catch her in the act.
