A scuffle between two brothers had a deadly ending early Saturday morning at Sisters Village, West Bank Demerara (WBD), after the older sibling picked up a pair of scissors and slit the other’s throat.
Dead: Timothy Hodge
Dead is 22-year-old Timothy Hodge of Lot 29 Sisters Village, WBD. His 36-year-old brother later surrendered to law enforcement.
Based on information received, the incident occurred at about 02:00h.
Uncle of the two men, Ezra (only name provided) told this publication that he lives just next door to the family. He said that the brothers were involved in a heated argumen
The Sister’s Village residence which the brothers shared with their mother
t which prompted him to call to the police. According to the uncle, the brothers would usually have small squabbles, but this time around, it sounded serious. As the situation escalated, the older sibling grabbed a pair of scissors and slashed his brother’s throat.
According to the uncle, Timothy was discovered alive by family members and several calls to emergency services were made yet again. However, no one arrived until 04:00h.
“The two of them had a lil story and then I hear a scuffling with the two of them. When I come out after, I see Timothy lying down on the floor with his face down. I call the police about three to four time but I didn’t see no response until he died…They does normally argue but last night was real terrible,” the man related.
The police, Ezra noted, had difficulty finding the house, which is located in an alleyway. He contended that the younger Hodge would have survived if help had arrived on time.
“If they had come when I called them at 02:15h, this wouldn’t happen right now. I called them and that’s when the story started happening. I decided to call the police at that time because I said like something might happen but at the time, they said they don’t know is where. I went out on the road waiting on them to come and I never see them come until Timothy dead,” he uncle recalled.
Meanwhile, an aunt of the brothers told Guyana Times that the deceased would imbibe on a regular basis, reportedly causing conflicts with the suspect, who has a hand deformity. She spoke about their unstable relationship, alleging that the older Hodge was subjected to physical abuse by the now dead man.
“The small brother does drink and he always take advantage of the big brother. Every time the boy [the suspect] come home, he would always be beating him because of his hand. It so happened that it continue for the whole week and this morning [Saturday], he break off a wood from the bed and charge [the suspect] who was in his bed sleeping. Like they had a scuffle and I don’t know where the scissors come from,” she detailed.
After the intense episode, the suspect went over to the Wales Police Station where he surrendered. As Police continue their investigation, the man is still in Police custody. Both men resided with their mother.
This is the second incident in one week, whereby a man died at the hands of his brother. Last Sunday, a Shieldstown, West Bank Berbice, Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice) labourer was fatally stabbed to the chest by his younger brother during a row over land.
Sarananand Bisnath, 45, of Back Street, Shieldstown, and his 44-year-old brother were imbibing when a verbal disagreement erupted over their father’s land. The younger brother armed himself with a knife and attacked Sarananand, who was still sitting in the hammock. He was stabbed to the chest in the vicinity of his heart.
