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Essequibo Coast records Christmas Day murder
What started out as a quiet day of interaction and socializing with family members ended up with a man being stabbed to death by his reputed wife of ten years.
Dead is 60-year-old Dennis Braithwaite a/k Browne or Barber Man, formerly of Georgetown and also of Lima Village, Essequibo Coast.
According to the police, Braithwaite died from a single stab wound to his left shoulder on Christmas Day around 22:30 hours.
The report started that the pensioner died before receiving medical attention at his Lima residence.
Joylyn Benn
Dead: Dennis Braithwaite
Thirty-nine-year old Joylyn Benn has since been detained and the police have said that the woman has also confessed to stabbing her husband. “He did beating me,” she reportedly stated. Police have also retained the murder weapon which has since been lodged at the Anna Regina Station.
At the murder scene a sister of the accused, who opted to speak under conditions of anonymity, said that on Christmas Day, Braithwaite and his reputed wife were consuming alcohol at their home.
According to the woman, after awhile, a female friend visited Benn and invited her out for a drink. The woman who said that she and her sister Joylyn were not on good terms, said that Braithwaite objected to Benn choosing a friend over him.
She said that Braithwaite enquired of Joylyn Benn, “How yuh gon lef me and go with yuh friend to drink?” Joylyn subsequently left with the friend.
The woman said moments later Braithwaite followed Benn out on the street where an argument ensued.
The woman said that Braithwaite gave Benn a “bluff slap.” She said that as the quarrel intensified the couple returned to their home where the argument continued. She said that although she was at home and she heard screams, she learnt that her sister later reached for one of her kitchen knives and dealt a stab to Braithwaite’s left shoulder.
She said immediately after the incident her sister organised transportation and transferred her reputed husband to the Suddie Hospital. The Police were subsequently summoned to the scene where they questioned eyewitnesses.
Braithwaite’s murder is the fifth this year on the Essequibo Coast.
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