A fisherman was on Wednesday morning found dead inside his neighbour’s yard at Corriverton, Berbice.
The dead man has been identified as Ryan Mangal, called “Capoon”, 30, a fisherman of Lot 63 Princetown, Corriverton, Corentyne, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne).
According to the neighbour, Chandanie Sukram, the now-dead man and her husband were imbibing the evening before in the yard.
According to the Police, it was reported that it was not unusual for the man to visit the home of his neighbour and on Tuesday the two men were consuming alcohol.
The neighbour, Vijay Hemchand told investigators that during their drinking spree, Mangal began crying and stated that nobody liked him.
The woman also said that during Mangal’s visit, he started to cough and she enquired if he was okay. She said it was not strange for him to react that way when consuming alcohol on an empty stomach.
“Around 6 o’clock my husband done drink and he went on the road and I went to the shop and when I come back he was coughing and I ask him what happen and if he want some water and I go upstairs.”
The woman said he asked another neighbour to call the fisherman’s father, explaining that “Capoon” seemed to be unwell.
“My husband ask him what wrong and he just shake his head, so he tell him to go home. We knew that he drink on an empty stomach. He is good to us, but me and he Mummy have problem, but he never disrespect me or tell me wrong words. Normally, when he drink he does lie down and we would wake him up and he would go home, but I don’t know last night what happen and if he drink anything,” the woman said.
According to Sukram, both she and her husband went upstairs leaving Mangal under the house.
However, it was Wednesday morning when the neighbour was discovered lying motionless and she raised an alarm.
Police reportedly found what is believed to be a bottle containing a poisonous substance in the man’s bag.
