Golden Grove man electrocuted

The illegal connection on Hilbert Mayers’ house

Golden Grove resident Hilbert ‘Brights’ Mayers was electrocuted yesterday morning while apparently trying to remove an illegal connection that he had set up to steal power from a nearby school for the differently-abled.

The Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) said its investigation revealed that the electrocution of Mayers, 48, of College Road Golden Grove, East Coast Demerara resulted from an illegal