PAUL Braithwaite, 28, of Lot 6 Barnwell North, Mocha, East Bank Demerara (EBD) is now dead after a knife clash between himself and his friend at Pepper Hill, Mocha on Thursday night, over an argument about a female they both knew.

His 31-year-old friend has since been arrested and is in police custody.
According to Police Headquarters, the victim and the suspect are known to each other and were friends up until September 2020 when they had a misunderstanding over a woman and would periodically get into heated arguments.

On Thursday at about 23:20 hours, police said that they were both socialising at Arcadia Street Mocha, EBD, when they encountered each other and a heated argument erupted which resulted in both of them brandishing knives and stabbing each other several times about their bodies.
As Braithwaite was fleeing the scene, he fell onto the western side of the road where he laid motionless.

The suspect then ran to the Mocha Police Outpost and reported the incident and he was told of the offense committed, cautioned and arrested.
Based on his injuries, he was escorted to the Diamond Diagnostic Centre where he was seen by a doctor on duty, treated and sent away.

A party of police responded to the said report and upon arrival, they found the victim with several suspected stab wounds about his body.

Braithwaite was then escorted to the Diamond Diagnostic Centre, where he was pronounced dead on arrival and subsequently transported to the Memorial Gardens Funeral home awaiting post-mortem examination as investigations continue.