Battered body of poultry farmer found at Corriverton

A poultry farmer of Springlands, Corriverton, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) was on Monday morning found dead with three stab wounds to his chest.
Dead is 49-year-old Nigel Lesley Matthews, also called ‘Tubby’, of Lot 14 Springlands. His body was found at about 3:00h lying on the road in front of an abandoned house at Rampoor, Corriverton.

Initial investigation has revealed that the deceased and four others were gambling, during which the now dead man accused the suspect of flipping a card, which resulted in a heated argument.
However, a few hours later his motionless body was discovered.
Guyana Times understands that the man had reportedly left home about five hours before his body was discovered. According to his roommate Malcolm Hernandes, Matthews left home shortly after 22:00h on Sunday evening.
As he was leaving, the roommate explained that he attempted to persuade him from going out that late but he was completely ignored.
He nevertheless left on his

bicycle, which was found at the scene of the crime.
At the scene, the dead man was reportedly clutching to a piece of broken wood. The remainder of the wood was seen a short distance away.
“His head was bashed in and he had a couple of stabs to his left side – some fine stabs, lets us assume that it is with something like an ice pick. It is about three stabs he got. The wounds were to the left around the heart”, Hernandez added.
According to the man, he received a telephone call informing him that his roommate was lying in a pool of blood. He arrived at the scene only to be confronted by his worst fears.

He said it appeared that the Matthews had been dead for quite some time before he was discovered.
Earlier on Sunday, Mathews reportedly planted about one hundred ears of corn in his farm. Reports are that on Friday, he sold one hundred chickens. It also had been reported that when he left home on Sunday, he had most of that money with him.
Reports are that he was seen at a gamble shop and had been losing huge sums of money. This publication was informed that the now dead man and one of the gamblers were involved in an altercation over money owed.
Police have since arrested one person for questioning relating to the murder.
The farmer reportedly spent most of the day imbibing by himself and according to Hernandez it was not unusual for him to go out by himself late at nights. Police are continuing their investigations.