–Suspect commits suicide
By Shuntel Glasgow
A 28-year-old mother of four succumbed to her injuries two days after she was brutally chopped by her abusive reputed husband last Thursday night at Supply Squatting Area, Mahaica. Her assailant, who was suspected to have consumed a poisonous substance, died on Friday.
According to a police press release, Thagewante Motie was chopped to the neck and arm at about 21:00 hrs on November 14, 02024. She was admitted as a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital and died at about 16:00 hrs on Saturday. Her assailant, Uram Doorbassa, also known as Anil, a 26-year-old labourer of Belmonte, Mahaica, who allegedly consumed a poisonous substance after chopping her, died on Friday while receiving treatment at the Georgetown Public Hospital.
The police said investigations indicated that the couple had an argument in the victim’s yard. It escalated into the man using a cutlass to chop his partner twice, once on the neck and once on her arm.
