LATCHMANEN Permaul called ‘Blackboy’, a 64-year-old unemployed man of Hampshire, Corentyne, Berbice, was reportedly mauled to death by three mixed-breed dogs (Pit Bulls) around 04:00hrs at Topoo Village, Corentyne, Berbice, on Tuesday.

According to the Guyana Police Force, the man’s 61-year-old wife Sandra Permaul related that on Monday afternoon her husband left home and went to a liquor shop in Topoo where he was imbibing alcohol.

He became intoxicated, had difficulty making his way home, and instead stopped at the street corner where he was seen sleeping on the ground.

Around 05:00hrs on Thursday, whilst at home, Sandra said she received information that her husband was lying at the street corner and three Pit Bulls “bore out of a fence” near where the man was lying. The dogs then viciously attacked him.

The body was examined by the police and what appeared to be dog bites were seen on both legs and the neck. There were also bites on the right hip and right hand. Permaul’s body was picked up and escorted to the Port Mourant Public Hospital, where he was pronounced dead by a doctor on duty.

A post-mortem with dissection was done on the body of Permaul by Dr. Brijmohan at the Skeldon Public Hospital Mortuary, and the cause of death was identified as shock and haemorrhage, and multiple lacerations

The owner of the three dogs, a 35-year-old resident of Topoo Village, was arrested and escorted to the Albion Police Station where he was placed into custody, pending further investigations.