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Wounded female guard back in hospital, suspect still at large
Two months after a jealous ex-lover almost killed her at her worksite, security guard Patricia Rose is still battling to recover from her injuries.
Patricia Rose
She has lost weight, her face is scarred, and she has difficulty walking without assistance.
Worse yet, a wound to her stomach has become infected, and doctors at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation had her re-admitted yesterday.
Meanwhile, the man who carried out the vicious attack is still at large. Rose, 44, of Vryheid’s Lust, East Coast Demerara, was stabbed in the stomach, neck, face and right arm on November 1, 2008, while on guard duty at the Georgetown School of Nursing compound in East Street.
After being released from hospital, Rose began attending the Plaisance Health Centre to have her wounds dressed.But, according to a relative, the wound to her stomach began to emanate an unpleasant odour and was also oozing a yellowing fluid.
Yesterday, a staffer at the health centre suggested that she undergo further treatment at the GPHC. She was then examined and re-admitted. The relative said that the injured woman hardly eats, and cannot walk for long distances.
Back in 2006, Patricia Rose became involved in a common-law relationship with a 60-year-old man from Princes Street, Lodge.
The relationship eventually soured and the two consequently separated.
Rose had told Kaieteur News that the ex-lover had visited her home shortly before November 1, 2008 and had threatened to kill her after she spurned his advances. However, she did not report the threat. Rose, who was employed by Kanhai’s Security Service, said that she was sitting in the guard hut near the front gate, just after midnight on November 1, 2008, when the ex-lover scaled the fence.
The man, who was armed with a knife, cornered Rose in the guard hut and stabbed her in the neck, face and right arm. Rose said that when she attempted to fight back, the man slashed her in the stomach before fleeing.
Bleeding profusely from her wounds, the woman staggered to the back of the compound, where another female guard was on duty.
She then collapsed.
Aided by her colleague, Rose said, she eventually managed to walk to the nearby Georgetown Public Hospital, where she was admitted. Rose’s relatives allege that, shortly after the attack, the suspect contacted them by cell phone to enquire about the injured woman’s condition. Kaieteur News had managed to contact the suspect on his cell phone in an attempt to persuade him to surrender.
However, the alleged assailant denied stabbing his ex-paramour and refused to turn himself in.
Rose’s relatives said that he has not contacted them since, and has since gone into hiding.
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