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An 18-year-old man of Sisters Village, East Bank Berbice, was viciously stabbed to death early yesterday morning and his girlfriend injured, after they were reportedly attacked by the man’s ‘step-uncle’ while asleep.
Dead: Devon Da Silva
The dead man has been identified as Devon Da Silva called Devon Lewis and his girlfriend, 18-year-old Ashley Whyte called ‘Toya’. Their alleged attacker has been identified as 38-year-old Roy Lewis of Edinburgh New Scheme. Da Silva is Lewis’ brother’s stepson.
Kaieteur News understands that Da Silva was spending the night with his girlfriend at her home at 112 Sisters Village when the attack occurred.
According to Ashley’s mother, Janice Whyte, her son, who is a policeman stationed at Fort Wellington, left home around 02:10 hours for work and when she got up to close the gate, she noticed a shadow but didn’t pay much attention.
The woman said she believed that the attacker used that opportunity to gain access to gain entry to their house.
Mrs. Whyte said after closing the gate she returned to bed in the lower flat of the home when she heard a tumbling noise upstairs where her daughter and her boyfriend were sleeping. However when she and her husband got up to check they realized the door was bolted from inside and they began to frantically call out for their daughter.
The injured Ashley Whyte related that she was asleep but was awakened by her boyfriend’s shouts and noticed ‘Roy’ stabbing her boyfriend with a knife.
The young woman told this publication that in an attempt to help her boyfriend she held onto the knife and was injured in the process. She further related that she then ran to the door to get help as her parents kept screaming to let them in.
Once the door was opened, Ashley said her father Percy was able to take the knife away from ‘Roy’ and wrestle him out of the house.
“Roy then tell everybody that he drink poison and that they can do whatever they want with he,” Ashley said.
She said her boyfriend had jumped out of a window and fell in the yard, bleeding profusely.
The injured Da Silva was rushed to the New Amsterdam Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. His girlfriend was treated for several lacerations to her hands and was sent away. Up to press time, the suspect was in a critical condition at the same hospital, under police guard.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Whyte told this publication that it was “no secret” that the suspect and his ‘step-nephew’ (the deceased) were involved in “a love affair” which Da Silva ended sometime ago, much to the disapproval of the older man.
“But Devon wanted to move on with my daughter, so I think it was best to report the matter to the Welfare because Roy always tormenting Devon,” Mrs. Whyte said.
The woman added that as a result of the constant torment, a report was also made to the police, and a restraining order against Roy Lewis was granted.
Mrs. Whyte added that she believes that Lewis was jealous of the relationship Devon shared with her daughter and that’s why he killed him.
The injured Ashley Whyte
Further there are reports that Lewis called one of his brothers sometime after the incident and related that he had killed Da Silva, drank poison, and knows that he would die.
There are also reports from the area that earlier in the year Lewis attempted to stab Da Silva and on another occasion had tried to poison him.
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