Sophia miner allegedly bludgeoned to death

Michael Morris

A Sophia miner died on Monday after he was dealt a blow to his head by a fellow miner at the mining camp they were working on at West Park Backdam Cuyuni, the police said yesterday.

In a press release, the Guyana Police Force identified the dead man as 42-year-old Michael Morris of 1547 Cummings Park, Sophia, and said that his death followed an altercation he had with some other miners, one of whom, dealt him the fatal blow with a piece of wood.

But relatives of the former bodybuilder said the explanation they had heard was much different from what the police have reported. As a matter of fact,