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Sep 03, 2012 News
– suspect turns self in
An argument between two barbers yesterday at the Stabroek Market Square ended with one stabbing the other to death with a pair of scissors.
Yohan Hunte, 43, known as ‘Man on the Roof’, was stabbed in the chest at around 09:30 hrs, allegedly while arguing with another barber over the use of electricity to ply their trade.
He succumbed at around 18:00 hrs.
Kaieteur News understands that the suspect fled the scene but subsequently turned himself over to the police.
Hunte, of Lot 123 Laing Avenue, had numerous brushes with the law, and earned his nickname after staging a one-man protest some time ago on the roof of the Georgetown Prisons.
According to reports, Hunte and the suspect were plying their trade in the vicinity of the Stabroek Market Square when they began to argue over the use of electricity, which is reportedly supplied to them by a nearby business entity.
It is alleged that Hunte, who was the aggressor, armed himself with a knife but came out the worse during the encounter with the suspect, who was armed with a pair of scissors.
Hunte’s brother, Marlon McLeod, said that he received a call from a neighbour, who informed him that his sibling had been stabbed and was being treated at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC).
McLeod explained that when he reached the hospital, his brother was undergoing surgery.
“I hear that he (Hunte) and this boy were arguing and the other boy pull the scissors and stab him and get away.”
And a female neighbour of the slain man said that her daughter called and informed her about the stabbing.
The neighbour said when she arrived at the hospital, she saw Hunte lying on a bed while bleeding profusely.
“Five doctors circled him and then they wrap him take him to the theatre.”
The 43-year-old man was then transferred to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of GPHC, where he later succumbed.
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