Man found chopped to death at Haslington

Dead: David Gentle

The police are investigating the murder of a man, who was discovered early yesterday morning with chop wounds about his body and his head almost severed from his neck at Haslington North, East Coast Demerara.

Dead is David Gentle, 55, called ‘Black Hassa,’ of Lot 42 Golden Grove, also on the East Coast, who had left home to attend a karaoke event.

The police said Gentle’s lifeless body was discovered around 1 am with several wounds. His neck was almost severed.

Initial investigations, the police said, revealed that Gentle was last seen at a karaoke event at Nabaclis North, on the East Coast.