Essequibo man fatally stabbed by drunk youth

Dead: Kevin Bettencourt

A Vilvoorden, Essequibo Coast labourer was fatally stabbed on Old Year’s night, after he was attacked by the drunken relative of an acquaintance.

Dead is Kevin Bettencourt, 23.

Bettencourt, who was stabbed in the neck and chest, was taken to the Suddie Hospital in an unconscious state, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.