The 24-year-old man who stabbed his reputed wife to the neck before consuming poison on Thursday evening in a churchyard on Timehri Base Road, East Bank Demerara, died on Saturday at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC).
Clifton Richmond, a bus conductor, stabbed his reputed wife, Sheria Khalil called “Sherry”, 22, a bank teller attached to Republic Bank, during a dispute.
Reports are the incident occurred at about 21:30h on Thursday evening.
When contacted on Saturday, Commander of Region Four (B) (Eccles-Moblissa), Superintendent Kurleigh Simon, told Times International that Richmond died at GPHC on Saturday morning.
“His body is at the hospital morgue awaiting a post-mortem and recommendations,” Commander Simon said.
Commenting on Khalil’s condition, the Commander noted that she is still hospitalised and is “recovering”.
Prior to the incident, Richmond had made arrangements to pick up his reputed wife at her workplace. However, when he went there, she had already left. He then went to their Lot 25 Timehri Public Road, East Bank Demerara (EBD) home and she arrived at about 21:15h.
Reports are that Khalil disembarked a Route 42 minibus and Richmond, who was in the yard, walked towards her on the public road where an argument ensued.
This newspaper was told that during the argument, Richmond lifted his wife off the ground and took her into a nearby churchyard. Khalil’s family reported that they heard her screams and rushed to that location where they noticed the 22-year-old bleeding profusely from a stab wound at the left side of her neck.
Upon realising that his in-laws had arrived, Richmond then consumed a substance and jumped into the Demerara River. He was subsequently taken out of the water in an unconscious state and rushed the Diamond Diagnostics Centre. They were later transferred to GPHC.
