Haslington man stabbed during row with girlfriend

Sep 12, 2013 News

A heated argument between a young couple resulted in a 24-year-old man being rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Sunday morning after he was stabbed multiple times to his chest in Haslington.
The injured man was identified as Simeon Lewis, of Haslington North, East Coast Demerara.
According to initial reports, around 11:00 am yesterday, the man was at home with his girlfriend when an argument erupted between the two which resulted in the assailant picking up a knife

Lewis being taken in for medical attention.

and stabbing Lewis.
“I was at home when all of a sudden I hear a set of things breaking up in the house and the two of them carrying on so I thought that it was a usual fight they had but after the boy holler for help me say it got more to this,” an eyewitness said.
The eyewitness said that a few minutes after the couple finished arguing Lewis then emerged from the house holding his chest. Residents rushed to his aid.
The source further stated that the injured man was then placed in a taxi and rushed to the hospital where he was later admitted.
At the hospital on Sunday, the injured man’s mother said that she was unaware of what happened. “I got a call from someone stating that my son was in hospital so I came down here,” the mother said.
However, when this publication visited the injured man yesterday, Lewis said that he was not in a position to say what happened on the day he was stabbed.
The woman is now in police custody.