Timehri stabbing: Toddler stabbed as mother attempts to leave lover – Police

A day after it was reported that a four-year-old toddler was stabbed by her mother’s lover, the Guyana Police Force has said it was as a result of the mother threatening to leave the relationship.
The unlawful wounding was committed on the child at Timehri Cemetery Road, East Bank Demerara on Sunday at about 20:10h. Police have said the child was stabbed by a 28-year-old female.
The child’s mother, an aviation officer, reportedly told Police that she and the suspect are in an intimate relationship and are living together at Timehri.
She told Police that the suspect returned home from work, and they became embroiled in an argument that became confrontational.
At that point, she said, she picked up her child and held her in her hands while notifying the suspect that she was leaving because she was frustrated with the repetitive arguments between them.
She said the suspect then armed herself with a knife, approached her and dealt a stab to her body. It was during that time that the child was stabbed in her left side abdomen.
The suspect then made good her escape, and according to Police, the child was rushed to the Diamond Diagnostic Centre, where she was treated and immediately transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital for advanced medical treatment.
The child is still a patient at the GPHC in a critical condition.
On Tuesday, accompanied by her lawyer, the suspect turned herself in to the custody of Police at Timehri Police Station. She has been arrested, and is assisting with the investigations. (G9)