Colleen Daly, the North East La Penitence vendor who was severely chopped about her body two Saturdays ago by her common-law husband before he took his own life, has been discharged from the hospital but is unable to do anything without support.
Her mother, Allison Daly, yesterday told Stabroek News that the woman was discharged from the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) last Sunday.
While Colleen has returned to her home and Allison said doctors have recommended bedrest. “The doctors already explain to me [that] she can’t do anything,” Allison said.
Allison explained that Colleen now has to attend four clinics, the first of which was yesterday.
She is also unable to use one of her hands due to the extent of the injuries. “….She can’t use one of her hands. It get a lot of chops….they put in steel and so. She can’t use that hand at all because the fingers them can’t work,” Allison added.
Thirty-one-year-old Colleen Daly was chopped about her body around 5.45 pm on April 25 during a domestic dispute with her husband, Glenn Forde, also known as “Black Boy,” at their North East La Penitence home.
Forde then climbed onto the roof of the house where he reportedly inflicted a wound on himself before jumping off. He died on spot.
Allison had previously told this newspaper in an exclusive interview that Colleen had attempted to leave her years-long marriage, which was filled with domestic abuse, on several occasions but despite this, Forde kept after her.
The couple had been together for about eight years. Allison had said that they met in neighbouring Suriname and from the inception, Forde abused Colleen.
The couple shared three children together. However, the children were not home at the time of the attack, since Forde had reportedly sent them to a relative’s place minutes before launching the act.
He then locked the door from inside, in an effort to prevent anyone from intervening, before he attacked Colleen.
According to Allison, the couple had an argument on the previous day and it continued until the fatal attack.
