Barman knifed to death at Cuyuni

A 37-year-old man was stabbed to death at Warudu Backdam, Cuyuni River on Tuesday night allegedly by a female, who has since been detained by Bartica police.

Mark Wilson called ‘Markie’ of Good Hope, Mahaica was stabbed in the neck and bled to death reportedly after attempting to subdue the 29-year-old woman, who was said to be in a drunken state at the time.

According to information reaching this newspaper, Wilson is a bartender at a shop in the remote interior location. The incident, which led to his demise is said to have occurred at 7:30 pm on Tuesday night. The woman, who allegedly committed the act, was said to be in a drunken state at the time and was “behaving bad”. Wilson attempted to subdue her but she had a knife in her possession and cut him on the nose.

He reportedly became angry and slapped her and they both fell on the ground. As he was trying to get up, the woman stabbed him in the area between the neck and shoulder. The bleeding man was taken to his room but bled to death.

His mother, Mignon Wilson told Stabroek News yesterday that she had heard about her son’s demise from somebody in Bartica. “Somebody call we and tell we, and we call the station and they seh is true”, the woman said. She stated that Mark was one of five brothers and had only returned to the interior two months now after a respite from work in the interior sometime back. She said that he ran the shop for another woman and described him as a quiet boy, who does not drink.

Stabroek News understands that poor weather conditions hindered the bringing out of the body from the remote location and it was eventually transported out yesterday and then taken to Georgetown. A post-mortem examination is expected to take place today.