IN the aftermath of the death of a 29-year-old Paradise villager who had been assaulted with a metal bar, police placed another West Coast Berbice villager on $100,000 station bail, pending investigations and the findings of a post-mortem.Conrad Wilson, 58 years, was released on $100,000 station bail pending a report from the doctor who attended to 29-year-old Dexter Stanford, who died five days after sustaining an injury to his eye at Paradise Village, WCB.

A post-mortem examination is yet to be conducted to determine the cause of death of Stanford, known as ‘Killer Wood’.
According to a police press release, “On February 02, 2015, Dexter Stanford, 29 years, of Paradise, WCB, was involved in an argument with another man at Paradise during which he was assaulted with a metal bar.
He was admitted to the New Amsterdam Hospital where he succumbed on Friday, February 06, 2015.
However, this newspaper learnt that the now deceased man, after being taken to New Amsterdam Hospital, was subsequently transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation where he died.
Further, according to reports, the suspect is believed to be mentally challenged and would do odd jobs in the community. However, fellow villagers would taunt him and he would become annoyed and retaliate sometimes.
The deceased’s mother, Jillian Stanford, reported that she was informed that Wilson was at ‘Cats’ liquor shop, which is owned by one George Wilson.
Persons observed that the fifty-eight-year- old man was agitated after he had been taunted, and so he was removed from the vicinity and taken by a relative into George Wilson’s yard. However after the gate was closed, he was allegedly seen armed with a steel rod which he thrust through the space in the wooden gate. Incidentally, Standford was in close proximity and the steel rod pierced his left eye.
The injured man fell to the ground and received further injuries and was seen bleeding profusely.
As a result of the incident, persons in the vicinity fled, leaving the injured man behind. However, a Good Samaritan rendered assistance to the man and took him to the Fort Wellington Hospital. Afterwards, he was transferred to the New Amsterdam Hospital.
However, on arrival at the Regional Health institution, medical personnel after assessing the case, transferred him to GPHC, where a computerised tomography (CT) scan was done.
The injured man remained in an unconscious state until his demise. His body is currently at the GPHC awaiting a post- mortem.