WBD man who slit brother’s throat released on station bail

– 72-hour detention period had expired

Thirty-six-year-old Robin Hodge who killed his brother, Timothy, with a pair of scissors at Sisters Village, West Bank Demerara (WBD) two Saturdays ago was released on $150,000 station bail.

This is according to Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara) Police Commander, Assistant Police Commissioner Simon McBean, who stated that the 72-hour detention period had expired and as such, they had to release him on bail.
The Regional Commander also pointed out that the investigation into the alleged murder was still ongoing.
Twenty-two-year-old Timothy Hodge, of Lot 29 Sisters Village, was killed by his brother during an altercation after a heated argument.
It was reported that the siblings would usually have small quarrels from time to time, but on the day in question, it became much more serious.
As the altercation escalated, the suspect armed himself with a pair of scissors and slashed his brother’s throat.
The now dead man was discovered by family members lying in a pool of blood after the altercation. At the time, he was still alive and several calls to 911 proved futile. The injured man was later picked up and taken to the West Demerara Regional Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Family members have contended that the young man might have survived if help had arrived in time.
“If the emergency assistance 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,” a relative had stated.
After the incident, the suspect walked over to the Wales Police Station, where he surrendered and confessed to killing his brother.