“I am fearful my children will have to face the same thing I did” – spouse

Stabroek Market vendor’s murder

By LaWanda McAllister

Four children, aged seven, nine, 12 and 14, have been left fatherless after their father’s life was snuffed out by a 46-year-old vendor, who is now in custody for stabbing him to death at the Stabroek Market Square in Georgetown on Tuesday afternoon.
Dead is 35-year-old Robert Bizzette of Cane View Avenue, South Ruimveldt, Georgetown.
Reports are that he and the suspect were arguing at about 16:30h after the suspect had objected to the placement of Bizzette’s stall. During that argument, Bizzette had pulled out a “jucker” and allegedly threatened the suspect.
The argument continued, and Bizzette armed himself with an axe and chased the suspect, who was armed with a knife.
The Police have said that the suspect fell down, and Bizzette walked away, after which the suspect got up and stabbed Bizzette multiple times.
Bizzette then ran to the Police mobile outpost, where he fell to the ground and was immediately escorted to the hospital, where he died while receiving treatment.
On Wednesday, Guyana Times visited Bizzette’s home, where the mother of his children, Sherrimae Tixey, told this publication that the argument was initially not a serious matter.
“They had an altercation before, not nothing serious, because is a cart that start the story, sleeping on the cart. My child father talk to he about it before on more than one occasion, and is only yesterday (Tuesday) they had an altercation (about the same cart). Me don’t know if he malicious, me don’t know if he presumptuous and he still go and lay down on it, and it cause a whole story,” she said.
The woman said Bizzette had been selling at the market since he was a child, and had never previously had such an altercation. She said he had started his own business about 10 years ago, and had resumed working at the market square only after returning from the interior.
“According to what the people them did saying, it was like a confrontation with weapons, and me children father had the upper hand. That’s what all the source say; and when he turned his back, he just blow him”, she said.
Tixey, who had shared a relationship with Bizzette for the past 13 years, said now that he is gone, she is fearful that her fatherless children would have to face rejection the same way she had had to face it.
“I am fearful that my children will have to face the same thing I did. To be honest, I lost friends before, but not nobody so close… It’s hard, it’s like what I faced… Although my father is still alive and he is a millionaire, he is pay no interest in me…it was my mother, who is a strong woman, that teach me my ways, and I will have to cope for them [her children]. I just trying to cope with it”, the tearful woman said.
Tixey said she was hopeful that her children’s father’s life could have been saved, because he had so much to live for, especially his children.
“The only plead I would like to plead is…I can’t understand, with the amount of people out there, nobody couldn’t stop and nobody couldn’t’ve said nothing, even self if I passing by, I couldn’t say nothing to shun or turn away Rod? All I want is justice”, the grieving woman said.