Alexandra Jerry, sister of University of Guyana student Anand (Anil) Jerry who was attacked during a robbery last April and subsequently died from his injuries, has told Stabroek News that as far as she knew the investigation into her brother’s death was ongoing but the family had not received any recent updates from the police.
Anand Jerry died on April 7 after being on life-support at the Infectious Diseases Hospital at Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara (ECD) following the attack.
Alexandra Jerry had said that her brother, of Sixth Street, Cummings Lodge, ECD, told her at the hospital that he had gone to Ricky Boy Bar & Restaurant with friends around 9 pm on April 2nd to ‘lime’. While they were sitting outside the bar, he had related, several masked bandits snatched a phone from one of his friends and the friend had fallen to the ground in the process.
Jerry told his sister that he had intervened and was struck in the head with a gun and stabbed in the neck by the bandits.
Another friend, who witnessed the attack, told Jerry’s sister that after her brother fell, they heard gunshots and everyone tried to escape into the compound of the restaurant but the gates were already closed.
When her brother regained consciousness, he asked his friends to take him home but they took him instead to the Georgetown Public Hospital as he was bleeding profusely. Alexandra Jerry said that at the hospital, her brother underwent surgery to stop the bleeding in his neck and eyes, and reduce the swelling to his head.
She explained that after the surgery, her brother did not regain consciousness and doctors told the family that he was “brain dead”. They were also informed that they were leaving him on life support, though he had no chance of recovering.
Meanwhile, the police had made a request to review the bar’s CCTV camera footage, but were told that the camera was not working. They also visited the house opposite the bar to retrieve CCTV footage but were unsuccessful.
According to Alexandra Jerry, her brother, from Jawalla Village in Region Seven was a valedictorian when he matriculated from the D C Caesar Fox Secondary, Waramadong in 2021.
