A remanded prisoner succumbed yesterday morning, hours after he was brutally chopped during an altercation with four other inmates at the Lusignan Prison and the suspects have since been identified.
Dead is Shawn Peters, 40. He was admitted to prison on August 3rd after he was charged with simple larceny.
Peters sustained chops about his body including his head, chest, hands and feet. He was taken to the prison medical outpost where he was examined and referred to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH). There, he was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Peters succumbed to his injuries around 10.45 am yesterday.
