Essequibo pensioner commits suicide

A 73-year-old pensioner of Richmond Housing Scheme on the Essequibo Coast has ended his life by suicide. 

According to reports, Fitzroy Augustus Grant, formerly of Berbice, drank a quantity of a poisonous substance, suspected to be gramoxone, at his home Friday morning.
Reports said the pensioner who was in a helpless condition when relatives found him said he drank poison.
He was rushed to the Suddie Hospital at around 6:15am but died minutes later. Relatives are baffled as to why the aged but able-bodied man ended his life in such a tragic manner.

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