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Suicides worry Charity

Jun 09, 2011 News

There is a reportedly alarming number of suicides in Essequibo. Police reported that the most recent incident involved a 27-year-old mother of two, Sherena Smith.
Mrs. Smith, who took her life around 8:30pm on Tuesday, hours before committing suicide, had an argument with her husband, Greg Smith, 34.
The argument stemmed from Greg asking Sherena for his underwear. Police said that the wife later told her husband that she was going to take a bath. According to reports, Greg told the police that he went in search of his wife, after he noticed what appeared to be a towel hanging on the bathroom door.
Mr. Smith said that as the search for his wife intensified, he later noticed her hanging from a polythene rope in their toilet aback of his yard.
The distraught man said that he hurriedly proceeded to cut the rope, but his wife was already dead.
The mother of two was taken to the Oscar Joseph Hospital, where a doctor eventually pronounced her dead.
Last week, there was a spate of reported suicide cases within the Charity district. On May 31, last, 24-year-old Ronnie Patrick took his life after it was reported that Patrick was seen hanging from a rope in his father’s home at Charity.
The miner was scheduled to attend a court hearing the following day. This newspaper understands that Patrick was summoned to court for having carnal knowledge of a young girl.
In the case of 54-year-old Ronald Lakeram, the man who, this newspaper understands, was not in a stable job, reportedly suffered from continuous mental abuse at the hands of his wife. Some residents in the area said the day prior to Lakeram ingesting the poisonous substance, his wife approached him for some finance having ridiculed him for not being able to acquire a stationary job.
Residents in the Charity area are alarmed at the emerging suicide rates within that area, which occurred over the last week, while some are questioning whether there continues to be a moral break down or the lack of societal support.
Last year there was also a series of suicides in the Charity area.

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