Man electrocuted by energised cable

Policemen stand around the guy wire near Stabroek Square after it was disconnected from its power source. (Javone Vickerie photo) See story on page 2

A man, said to be of unsound mind, was yesterday electrocuted near the Stabroek Market, after he tried to pick up an energised cable.
Up to press time, the electrocuted man, described as a vagrant, had not been identified and his body was at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) mortuary.

He was also said to be  mixed  and in his mid-thirties.