Corentyne youth in triangular love affair allegedly commits suicide

…family suspects foul play
..girlfriend hospitalised after suicide attempt

A Corentyne, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) taxi driver, who was reportedly involved in a triangular love affair allegedly took his own life after ingesting a poisonous substance.

The dead man has been identified as 24-year-old Maynauth Sewlall called “Alex” of Lot 50 Adventure, Corentyne. He reportedly died on Saturday while receiving medical attention at the Port Mourant Hospital.
Based on reports received, the young man took ill on June 12 and would have lost control of the car he was driving and ended up in a trench. He was reportedly pulled from the car but at the time, he could not speak. Based on his behaviour, persons thought that he was under the influence of alcohol.

He was taken to the Port Mourant Hospital where tests conducted revealed that he had no alcohol in his system.
“They didn’t find anything but they still treat him with saline and other medication,” his father, Kishore Sewlall, told Guyana Times.
He was subsequently discharged from the medical facility but was readmitted one week later when his throat became inflamed. After several tests were conducted, a poisonous substance was detected.
As a result, he was transferred to the New Amsterdam Hospital where he was admitted and treated.

Nevertheless, on Wednesday last he was readmitted to the hospital for the third time after his health deteriorated.
“Everybody asks him if he drink anything and Alex say no, he didn’t drink anything,” his father revealed.
According to his father, he had warned “Alex” about a female with whom he was having a relationship, saying that he did not approve of her upbringing.
He explained that his son had eventually ended the relationship about two years ago but soon after he was reportedly seeing someone else.
“After he ex-girlfriend start seeing he posting photos of his new girlfriend on social media, she started sending messages to the girl on Facebook.”
One of the messages read “if she can’t get him (“Alex”) then nobody will get him.”
Following the death of the young man on Saturday, his girlfriend, 22-year-old Sonia Singh, a pharmacy assistant, reportedly overdosed and has since been hospitalised.
The ex-girlfriend, 19-year-old Omeica Bindah, when contacted confirmed that even though they were separated, they were still close friends.
In a shocking revelation, she said she blames herself for his death.
“We would hang out like every two days or whenever he gets a chance, he does come by me. The night when he came, I noticed that something was odd because of his face expression alone; he was so sad…”
After pressing him for answers, he reportedly showed her a bottle with liquid.
“He had this thing in this bottle and he asked me if I know is what so I told him that I didn’t know. Then I opened the bottle and I tried to smell it but it did not have any scent… it was light green in colour.”
She attempted to taste the substance in the bottle but the now dead man reportedly told her to “go and wash her hands and face.”
“I asked him what happened. And he said, ‘you will hear about it’.” The young lady noted that she did not take him seriously, since many times he would pull pranks on her.
Going back to their relationship, the teenager said they were best friends and then became “boyfriend and girlfriend”, but the problem started when he became unfaithful. “But then we made a vow to ourselves that whatever happens, we will still remain best friends.”
Meanwhile, she was accused of offering poison to her ex-boyfriend since he was the last person she saw before taking ill. This she, however, rubbished, claiming that she still loves and would never hurt him.
A post-mortem is expected to be performed on the body shortly.