Number 19 man hangs himself after chopping wife

Deonarine and Titawattie Guyanand

A woman is currently battling for her life in the New Amsterdam Hospital after she was brutally chopped by her husband, who later took his own life.

Deonarine Guyanand, 59, also called ‘Chiney,’ of Number 19 Village, was found by family members in his house dangling from a rope around his neck last evening. His wife, Titawattie Guyanand, 49, remained at the hospital up to press time.

Stabroek News was told by persons close to the couple that Deonarine would always threaten to end his wife’s life and his own whenever there was a