Woman ‘falls’ to her death during drinking spree

… husband in Police custody

A man was arrested on Sunday after he reported to the Police that his wife had fallen to her death at their home at Shulinab, Region Nine. Dead is Justil Leonard, 47, a farmer of Shulinab, Rupununi, Region Nine (Upper Takatu-Upper Essequibo).

Reports are the man and his wife were drinking Piwari (a traditional Amerindian beverage) and as the woman got up to use the washroom, she slipped and fell. The woman never regained consciousness but was picked up and rushed to the Lethem Hospital where she was pronounced dead.

F Division (Interior locations) Commander, Rabindranauth Budram, when connected told Guyana Times that although the now dead woman’s husband was arrested; the Police are awaiting the results of a post-mortem examination to determine Leonard’s cause of death.

Investigations are ongoing.