…after intervening in domestic altercation

A FATHER of four, whose name was given as Godfrey Phillips, was on Sunday night stabbed and subsequently died after he attempted to intervene and bring peace during a domestic altercation between a woman and her reputed husband, who lives next to Phillips at First Street, Last Field, Sophia.

Speaking with the Guyana Chronicle on Monday morning at the Turkeyen Police Station, Sabrina Phillips, the wife of the dead man, said that she was at home when she received the news that her husband was killed.

She said that her children informed her that he was at the time attempting to make peace when the incident took place. The Guyana Chronicle was told that the dead man was going to shower when he heard the commotion between the two and pleaded with the aggressor to “relax.” The man reportedly turned to him and immediately whipped out a knife and stabbed Phillips.

The suspect fled the scene on a bicycle while the victim was picked up and rushed to hospital where he died while receiving medical attention. While at the station on Monday providing the police with additional information, the family of the deceased received word of the presence of the man in the village and the police were informed. A party of police officers left in search of him and they managed to capture him. Up to late yesterday afternoon, he was at the Criminal Investigation Department headquarters.

At the station, the wife of the deceased said that she was on her way to the hospital when the second message came to her that her husband died. An individual who saw the entire ordeal is said to be assisting the police with vital information as they prepare a file to be sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions for advice on the way forward as it relates to charges. The police identified the suspect as a resident of Pike Street Kitty. The suspect is expected to be charged with the capital offence.