A CANE harvester recently chopped his wife at their 74 Sideline Dam, Buxton, East Coast of Demerara residence, then took refuge in a cane field aback the village after police responded to a report by his wife, 40-year-old Yonette Yaw, that he had chopped her on one of her hands and breasts.

He committed suicide in the cane field by ingesting a poisonous substance.

According to police reports, the dead man, identified as Dexter ‘Wissy’ Yaw, was found Wednesday afternoon in the cane field aback Buxton with a bottle of poison nearby.

The couple had reportedly been together for the past 21 years. Police are investigating the incident.

(Alex Wayne)