Rescuer knifed to death by village bully
Attempting to stop a group of men from assaulting another man, a 27-year-old mason was stabbed to death at Goed Fortuin, West Bank Demerara on Wednesday night.
Kenneth Allen
Dead is Kenneth Allen, a father of two and a mason/carpenter of Goed Fortuin Squatting Area. The suspect in the murder fled after the incident and up to yesterday afternoon was not captured. The second murder in the community in just three days left residents shocked. “Is wah happening to this place”, one woman questioned.
Allen had intervened in the dispute, when his attacker turned on him. His aunt, Cheryl Josiah, with whom he lived, told Stabroek News that she was lying on her bed, when she heard a noise and recognized the voice of her nephew sometime after 9 pm that night. Allen was at a ‘wake’ just across the road shortly before the incident.
Josiah related that when she looked outside, she saw the suspect, who also lives in the village and is well known in the area. She also noticed the man, who was reportedly being attacked. She stated that Allen and the suspect were arguing, with Allen telling the man that he was “taking advantage because he was big and strong” and the suspect asking Allen how he got involved. Josiah stated that the man who was reportedly being attacked had just returned from Venezuela that day and the suspect, along with three other men were trying to rob him. “They came up there and they started attacking the guy and that is when my nephew talked to them”, she stated.
Josiah stated that the suspect and her nephew then began “chucking” each other and started to fight. She recalled that as they fought, they moved away from the culvert, near her home and moved up the street. The woman, who was on her verandah by this time, said that she watched as the duo slammed into a neighbour’s gate.
She said that Allen then staggered after being stabbed but the suspect rushed to him and the fight continued. Then Allen fell to the ground and Josiah said that at this point, he was stabbed again. The woman stated that the two continued scuffling on the ground and got up, with the fight still continuing. Josiah said that, holding on to the suspect’s sweater, her nephew began to slide down the fence and it was at this point that the three men, with whom he was before, held on to the suspect. Allen had his attacker’s sweater in his grasp and the man twisted out of it.
By this time, Josiah had run downstairs and when she got to Allen, he was “gasping”. A few minutes later, she said, he stopped and the police were called while he was transported to the West Demerara Regional Hospital. But he was already dead. Doctors at the institution told her that he was stabbed in his lungs and heart. Josiah said that Allen had three major wounds on his left arm, upper chest and left side.
The attacker and his friends ran away. The blood-soaked sweater was left behind and handed over to the police yesterday. The attacker reportedly left the area in a white car. The suspect is said to be well known in the village for his troublesome ways.
A grieving Josiah related that Allen had grown up with her and up to his death resided at her home with his reputed wife, Bhagwandin Persaud and their two children; a five-year-old boy and a one-month-old girl. She described him as “very jovial”, and a person who made friends wherever he went. Allen also leaves to mourn his parents, two brothers and two sisters.
His murder was the second in three days in the community and he lived in the same street, a short distance away from the first murder. On Monday, 25-year-old Nafeeza Khan was stabbed to death allegedly by her reputed husband, Mohan Basdeo. He was charged and appeared in court yesterday and was remanded to prison.
When will all this killing stop. Another sad story. It is time for everyone to wake up from their slumber and rally for the death penalty to once again be instituted. Most of the these bullies are known,but people keep quiet until really go wrong. So sad that someone like Kenneth had to loose his life this way.
God does not help those who don’t help themselves. The Guyanese people has to seek for a change in their condition and rid the country of these hooligans who are in the way of national stability and security. BRING BACK THE DEATH PENALTY NOW.
could anyone that follow other caribbean news tell me if any other countries has so much murders? I’m so confused at what i;m reading everyday this has to be the last days .REST IN PEACE KEVIN AND TO THE FAMILY KEEP THE FAITH AND BE STRONG
Guyana is#3…Jamaica fuss…Trini second…..hope this answers your question…..
Look like a lot of bad men in this area but most people are frightened to death of them…yet another condolence to the Allen’s family….
Talkout. trinidad isn’t far behind guyana in terms of murders, etc. In trinidad almost every day or week someone is murdered.
Is there anyone in authority seriously considering bringing back the death penalty, and if not when?
I have indicated before that I would “put my head on a block” that the moment we start back hanging these “people’ there will be an immediate reduction in murders.
The death penalty does not mean an open door to hang every Tom, Dick and Harry, but instead would serve as a deterrent to these thugs.
RIP Mr. Fortuin, you gave your life in the defense of another. My condolences to your entire family.
The death penality does not deter crime, a prime example is the u.s.a who have the death penality and crime and killing still continues, even in ny where we have the death penality dangerous still continues, and also legal rangaling keeps them on death row for years, and tax payers money are wasted.
what is really going on in guyana these people is just acting crazy , i hope they still have the death penalty ,because these people is getting away with too much .
This is what is happening ppl do not want to go and assist anyone in danger because of fear for their lives. Look at Tyevelyn when that demon hacked her to death. She could have gotten help from onlookers but they all had a fear. Guyana has became a murderous society and everyone will live in fear.My sympathy to this family.
IT IS TIME TO HANG THEM HIGH.
START BY HANGING THOSE WHO ARE WAITING AND THEN DEAL SWIFTLY WITH THE REST.
THEY CAN APPEAL FROM THE GRAVE.
OTHER COUNTRIES MAY CRITISIZE BUT WHO IS IN GUYANA KNOW THE HEARTACHE OF HAVING INNOCENT, LOVED ONES CUT-DOWN.
When caught Jail and Cat-nine for that killer.
My sympathy to the Family.
what is the SF doing, all the robberies they escaped in a white car, they murder and escape in a white car. what is this constant of a ‘WHITE CAR’.
S.F. you common clue is a WHITE CAR cant you devise a plan to check common criminal with a white car.
pretty soon they will call it “casper” the ghost car.remember Lewis? he outrun a speeding white car too….ehehehehe
MY SYMPATHY TO THE FAMILY.
Murder, murder,murder,murder, thats all u read about. when will it stop ?
every one cell phone is stolen, when time to use it to call the cop no one does, or are they walking with it, like a watch with no minutes.