Within less than 24 hours yet another gruesome murder has been recorded, this time at Garden of Eden, East Bank Demerara.
Around 09:00 hours today 38 year-old Susilla Latchman, called ‘Devika’ of Lot 48 Garden of Eden was brutally chopped to death by her husband, 45 year-old Satichitanand Latchan.
After chopping his wife, the man then ingested a poisonous substance and set their two-storeyed home afire.
He had intended to die in the burning blaze but the heat drove him out. He sustained severe burns to his arms and legs. He was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital where his condition was listed as critical.