A POST-MORTEM performed on the body of British national, Dajee Sarah Rosemary revealed that she died as a result of asphyxia and self-suspension, indicating that she died due to hanging.

The autopsy was conducted by Government pathologist, Vivekanand Brijmohan, at the New Amsterdam Hospital. The 50-year-old woman who was holidaying in Guyana was found hanging in a friend’s house at 19 Pope Street, New Amsterdam on Sunday night at about 19:00hrs.

Rosemary who was expected to return to the United Kingdom shortly was in Guyana with a colleague. However, she was reportedly behaving strangely prior to her death. The body was allegedly found in a standing position, slightly suspended off the wooden flooring, with an extended phone charger cable wrapped around her neck.

Meanwhile, on Wednesday Deputy High Commissioner of the UK, Ron Rimmer traveled to New Amsterdam to identify the woman’s body at the New Amsterdam mortuary.

The woman was employed as an Entry Clearance Assistant at the Home Office, Apollo House, Wellesley Road, Croiden, London. The post-mortem examination had been scheduled for Wednesday but Dr Brijmohan requested another date to perform the autopsy.

Police had held three persons and also questioned several others. Last Sunday evening, hours after Rosemary had returned from the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, where she had intended to board a return flight to the UK, she was found suspended in her friend’s home at Pope Street, New Amsterdam.

Rosemary had accompanied her workmate, Guyanese-born Jessica Grumble to her homeland. They arrived on August 23 and were expected to depart on September 17.

The discovery of the body was made by Grumble in the living room area.
Grumble had seconds earlier awakened from her sleep to take a call from her mother Sue. Thereafter, Grumble’s stepfather Jason Hanniff said it was about 18:45hrs when he heard Grumble calling him to go over to the house to see something and after switching on the light he saw Rosemary standing just under the interior arch. Initially, he did not think anything was amiss, but after he contacted a friend, he was advised to inform the police and he did at 18:53hrs.

After the cops arrived, they took possession of the deceased’s belonging including USD$900, 900 Pound Sterling, G$5,500 and BDS [Barbadian] currencies, her British passport, a quantity of pharmaceutical medications, clothing and other personal items.

Meanwhile, on September 9, at about 22:40hrs, the now dead woman in the company of Hanniff had gone to the Central Police Station where she reported that she was feeling insecure and was leaving Guyana on September 10.

In addition, she claimed to have been verbally abused by the music she was hearing. Furthermore, Hanniff had told Guyana Chronicle that he had gone to the Central Police Station on September 8, where he reported that Rosemary was behaving strangely, while claiming to be threatened.

In addition, she had sent text messages to her contacts in London, indicating that the police should be contacted, if she did not make it to the airport.