Ovid Chester’s covered body at Bourda Market, Georgetown, where he collapsed and died after being stabbed
A 52-year-old man was on Wednesday morning stabbed to death during an argument over money at Bourda Market, Georgetown.
Dead is Ovid Chester, also known as “Bruckie” or “Wannie”, of South Vryheid’s Lust, East Coast Demerara (ECD). He often did odd jobs around the Bourda Market, Guyana Times was told.
Reports are on Wednesday morning around 10:12h, Chester was involved in an argument over a $200 debt with another man who also did odd jobs.
Police said the suspect took a construction net to the Bourda Market to sell on Monday. However, upon his arrival, “Bruckie” offered to sell it. The suspect handed over the net to the now-deceased man who left shortly after, looking for a sale. The suspect told Police he waited for the man to return, but he never did. Police stated that on Wednesday, the suspect armed himself with a kitchen knife, and returned to Bourda Market in search of Chester. He subsequently met him through a “track” leading to North Road, Georgetown where a confrontation occurred over the net as Chester refused to answer the suspect, according to Police. The suspect then whipped out the knife and stabbed Chester to his left upper chest, in the vicinity of the heart.
After receiving the injury, Chester ran and collapsed a short distance away. He was pronounced dead on the scene by a medical doctor.
Meanwhile, eyewitnesses told this publication that the suspect walked up to the victim through the “track”, and asked him for the $200 he owed. They told reporters that the victim then told the man that he did not have any money.
According to eyewitnesses, an argument ensued, and the suspect stabbed Chester before fleeing from the scene. He was later caught by Police who were on patrol in the vicinity, with the help of public-spirited citizens.
When this publication arrived on the scene, Chester’s brother, Mark, said, “I got a phone call that my brother get stab up on Bourda Market, and I get my cousin to come down to check to see it was true or just a rumour. He basically lives around the Market square. Only yesterday (Tuesday) morning he come to see his mother. Now to hear this, she would be distraught.”
The body was taken to the Lyken Funeral Parlour to await a post-mortem examination. (G9)
