Clifton Richmond, the man who attempted to end his own life on Thursday evening after he stabbed his wife during an altercation at Timehri, East Bank Demerara, succumbed at a city hospital yesterday morning.
Region 4 (B) Commander Kurleigh Simon yesterday told Sunday Stabroek that 24-year-old Richmond, also known as “Steve,” a bus conductor, succumbed around 11.15 am at the George-town Public Hospital (GPH).
The police, in a statement, had said that Richmond ingested a poison and jumped into the Demerara River after he allegedly stabbed Sheria Khalil, called “Sherry”, 22, a bank teller, once to her neck.