Easter Monday fatal chopping: Police await legal advice as suspect remains in custody

…2nd suspect being pursued

Police in Berbice are awaiting legal advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) on the way forward in connection with the Easter Monday fatal chopping that occurred in Corriverton.
Regional Commander, Senior Superintendent Kurleigh Simon, has said, “Legal advice being sought”, when asked for an update on the matter, while adding the suspect remains in custody. He also added that Police are on the hunt for a second suspect.
On Monday, April 10, 18-year-old Keon Byass, a labourer of Dukestown, Corriverton, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne), was reportedly chopped by two brothers of the same community. He died the following day while receiving treatment at the New Amsterdam Hospital. Hours after his death was reported, one of the two suspects turned himself in at the Springlands Police Station.
Byass was reportedly on his way home when he was attacked and chopped by the two brothers. Police suspect the chopping stemmed from an old grievance. The now-dead man’s mother, Bridgette Byass, related that this has not been the first time her son had been attacked, but the Police have never intervened despite several reports having been made.
“He and them had an ongoing problem since school days. The very first time they catch him was the year before the last, and they chopped him, and his hand couldn’t work until now. The Police never take no step, and this thing continues going on. Last year they attacked him, and he had to defend himself and he pelt a bottle and one of them get injured – stab or cut or something. Nothing come out that story,” she revealed.
During that incident, one of her nephews was also wounded, the woman noted.