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‘Sash’ Sawh murder accused takes turn for worse
David Leander in Male Medical Ward yesterday
Satyadeow Sawh murder accused, David Leander, called ‘Biscuit’, remained in a coma yesterday at the Georgetown Public Hospital and relatives say they are losing hope that he will recover.
Leander’s aunt, Evelyn Eastwick, said that doctors have told her that Leander’s kidneys are failing and that his body is ‘shutting down.’
But she said that medical staff who are treating her nephew continue to keep her in the dark about what may have caused his sudden illness. Eastwick also expressed concern that no attempt has been made to transfer Leander from the Male Medical Ward to the Intensive Care Unit.
When Kaieteur News visited the ward yesterday, medical staff were giving Leander oxygen and intravenous fluids.
The 26-year-old man was admitted to the GPHC last week Thursday after collapsing in his cell.
He was first taken to the Accident and Emergency Unit where he was reportedly treated for persistent vomiting.
According to the aunt, he was also treated the previous Thursday at the GPHC after he complained of feeling unwell. Leander, along with now-dead gunman Jermaine ‘Skinny’ Charles, has been charged with the murder of Minister Satyadeow Sawh, his brother Rajpat Sawh, sister Pulmattie Persaud and security guard Curtis Robertson. They were all executed on April 22, 2006, when a gang of heavily armed men invaded the Minister’s La Bonne Intention, East Coast Demerara home.
On his first court appearance in late 2007, Leander’s attorney had alleged that he was badly beaten while in custody. The accused had to be assisted to and from the courtroom by the police.
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