A forty-four- year-old labourer was yesterday morning fatally stabbed by his drinking mate after an argument ensued as they were on their way home and the suspect has been arrested.
The dead man has been identified as Winford Jacob, a labourer of Bonking Sand Road, Soesdyke. East Bank Demerara and Blueberry Hill, Linden.
Police in a statement last night that the alleged murder occurred on the Soesdyke Public Road, EBD yesterday morning at approximately 2.30.
Preliminary investigations have revealed that Jacob, the suspect and the mother of the suspect’s child were walking on the Soesdyke public road when an argument erupted between Jacob and the suspect. Earlier the two were consuming alcohol.
According to the police report, the argument quickly turned into a physical altercation and Jacob attacked the suspect with a bottle. The suspect, police said was armed with a knife and in retaliation stabbed Jacob twice about his body. Police said Jacob collapsed on the southern parapet of the public road.
He was later picked up and rushed to the Daimond Diagnostic Centre where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Police investigations are continuing.
