Pregnant woman detained after spouse dies from stab wounds

Aug 13, 2010 News

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Police have detained a pregnant woman to determine whether her 38-year-old reputed husband killed himself or was brutally murdered.
Alvin Kissoon, a 38-year-old labourer of Lot 1928 Section ‘C’ Diamond New Scheme, East Bank Demerara, died at the Diamond Diagnostic Centre at around 01:30 hrs yesterday from stab wounds he reportedly sustained at his residence.
While Kissoon’s reputed wife has alleged that he committed suicide, investigators suspect that someone else may have stabbed him during an altercation.
Police are also said to be puzzled over other knife injuries on the victim’s body.
Kissoon’s reputed wife, who is also 38, has told police that he went home under the influence of alcohol and threatened to kill himself, since he had lost his job. He was later seen by his reputed wife inflicting injuries to his left foot with a knife.
She reportedly attempted to take away the knife from him during which he pushed her away and stabbed himself to his chest.
He was subsequently taken to the Diamond Diagnostic Centre, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
His reputed wife, who is several months pregnant, was detained at the Golden Grove Police Station shortly after.
Some of Kissoon’s relatives were also questioned for several hours before being released at around 19:00 hrs.
Police sources revealed that Kissoon was a heavy drinker and that his reputed wife had made several reports against him for domestic violence. He was also placed before the court for damage to property.
A female relative of the detained woman told reporters that the family had never approved of the relationship, since Kissoon drank frequently and often abused his common-law wife.
Several of Kissoon’s relatives live in an apartment in the same yard while the labourer and his spouse occupied an apartment at the back.
A sister of Kissoon’s told Kaieteur News that she was awakened early yesterday morning by “a loud noise” from the couple’s apartment. She then heard Kissoon’s spouse saying: “Alvin, doan laugh, me ain’t making joke.”
The sister said she went back to sleep, but was awakened shortly after by the sound of screams from the couple’s apartment.
According to the woman, her brother had taken ill last month and they assumed that he had suffered a relapse.
Kissoon’s sister said she entered the couple’s apartment and saw her brother slumped in a chair with a vest wrapped around his upper body.
“I asked what happen and she say ‘he stab heself, go and get a taxi.’”
She said that a taxi arrived shortly after and took her brother to the Diamond Diagnostic Centre. According to the woman, family members had no idea that he was seriously injured, and therefore headed back home.
“We were saying that only the other day he get a job and now he get injured. Then I heard the phone ring and my mother say ‘Alvin dead?’”
The woman confirmed that Kissoon and his reputed wife had domestic problems and that he was a heavy drinker. She declined to comment on whether her brother might have been the victim of foul play.
Relatives confirmed that he had last worked as a labourer at the sites in Diamond New Scheme where three commercial banks are being constructed.
Alvin Kissoon is survived by his parents, siblings, and two children from a previous relationship.
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Linden/Lethem Road…

Light traffic from today, but drivers fearful

Some sections of the Linden/Lethem Road have been opened to heavy traffic but other parts are still under repairs, government said yesterday.
However, the roadway will be fully opened to light traffic from today.
But several minibus operators yesterday said that the water is still too high on some parts of the road and they will not take the chance of driving on it.
According to the Ministry of Public Works, there were delays in the work, as a result of the continuous, torrential rainfall in the mountains located near the road.
A team led by Minister Robeson Benn has flown into the area to assess the work.
Yesterday, the gas stations in Lethem were awaiting fuel as stocks ran out due to the closure of the road late last week.
At the D&D General Store, a hotspot for shopping by Brazilians, it was a desolate scene as supplies finished.
The parked trucks on the roadways and passengers waiting for a word said it all.
Businesses there, dependent on supplies from Georgetown, were affected with several passengers reportedly stranded and supplies like construction steel, running low.
According to one resident, he is hopeful for the road to open soon, since he has to visit the city for surgery.
Another said he is buying flour for almost $450 per kilo, up from $200. Beverages have run low also.
Last week, government decided to close the road for two days to conduct repairs but the rains came even harder and this further disrupted operations.
According to the Ministry of Public Works, since 2005 after there was flooding in the Annai/Lethem area, it has been carrying out works to constantly build up the area.
With a severe drought experienced between November and May, the hinterland then experienced intense rainfall over a prolonged period.
The ministry, in pointing out that heavy rainfall is being experienced in neighboring Brazil, noted that waters in the Hunt Oil area, along the road, has risen from six inches to almost two feet, with erosion taking place and compounding matters.
The ministry assured that it is doing everything in its capacity to restore normal traffic and steady the fuel situation in Lethem.
An official of the Lethem Power Company yesterday said they have fuel to last until Monday.

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