A driver of Rose Hall Town, Corentyne, was fatally stabbed with a broken bottle following a club fight during the wee hours of Christmas morning.
The suspect and another person have since been arrested and are assisting with the investigation.
Dead is Carlos Williams also known as “Tony”, 30, a driver of Lot 267 Rose Hall Town, Corentyne.
Williams, his wife, Charlene Harry and her friend, Paul Grant, 28, of Lot 121 New Housing Scheme Plaisance, East Coast Demerara, were at a club located at Portuguese Quarters Public Road when the incident transpired around 3.15 am.
Harry stated that she and Williams were exiting the club when he saw a relative of his on the parapet and began speaking to her.
Stabroek News was told that the suspect is reportedly dating a relative of the deceased. After Williams exited the club and saw his relative and spoke to her it supposedly annoyed the suspect who reportedly did not know that the two were related.
According to Harry, she then saw Williams and the suspect, who is from Fyrish Village, Corentyne, scuffle after a brief exchange of words.
She attempted to intervene but sustained a stab injury to her left thigh inflicted by the suspect while Grant also attempted to get involved and was lashed in his jaw. It was then that the suspect stabbed Williams in his abdomen with a broken bottle and fled the scene.
According to an eyewitness, he heard a sudden noise and then saw a “set a bottle flying and two man fighting…When he (Williams) raise up he shirt he get bore and he guts come out”, he said.
Williams, Harry and Grant were rushed to the Port Mourant Hospital where Williams succumbed while receiving treatment. Harry and Grant have since been released.
The suspect and another person were arrested later on Christmas Day.
