The police have been granted an extension to further detain the suspect who was arrested in connection with the fatal stabbing of boat builder, Sigmol Gouveia and the attempted murder of his brother, Neville Gouveia at Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara (WCD) on Saturday night.
Contacted for an update yesterday, Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum told Stabroek News that the police approached the High Court for more time to detain the suspect and the application was granted.
The suspect’s 72 hours in detention expires sometime today.
The brothers were allegedly stabbed by a man, who they denied permission to use the passageway at the Vreed-en-Hoop dockyard, WCD.
Neville, 37, of Lot 72, Block ‘A’ Sophia was discharged from the hospital on Wednesday.
The stabbings occurred just around 11.15 pm on Saturday.
Police in a statement had said that a boat with three males arrived at the dockyard which is located several feet away from the Vreed-en-Hoop stelling and one of the men disembarked.
Sigmol, who was present, advised the man that he could not use the area and an argument ensued.
The suspect was then advised to summon the boat to pick him back up but a second argument erupted.
At that point, police said the suspect fatally stabbed Sigmol and Neville, who worked as a security guard at the dockyard went to his brother’s rescue.
While confronting the suspect, Neville sustained stab wounds to his upper right arm and chest.
The police said that the “boat then returned shortly after with over ten …persons on board. They were all armed with pieces of wood and cutlasses. They collected the suspect and they all headed across the river”.
The suspect was subsequently apprehended.
The family of the victims had called on the police to conduct a thorough investigation for justice to be served.
