A WEST Coast Berbice woman is now seriously injured after her fiancé, a Guyana Defence Force (GDF) officer, attacked her with a knife and cutlass during an argument on Friday.
Leticia Reynolds, a 23-year-old of Number 30 Village, West Coast Berbice, was attacked, stabbed, and chopped at around 19:30 hrs at her home.

The suspect has been identified as her fiancé, 26-year-old Corporal Philon Edwards, who is based at Camp Ayanganna, the GDF Headquarters in Georgetown.
According to the police, Reynolds, the suspect, and her five-year-old son reside at the location where the incident occurred. On the evening in question, the suspect returned home at around 17:50 hrs and accused Reynolds of allowing her son’s father to visit the home during his absence.

Reynolds reportedly acknowledged that the visit did happen, but clarified that there was no interaction between her and her child’s father. According to the police, Edwards became furious, allegedly placed a knife to the victim’s neck, and instructed her son to leave the premises.

It is further alleged that after the child left, Edwards stabbed Reynolds multiple times on the left side of her face, below her left eye, on her finger, and in her right abdomen. The victim attempted to evade him by running around the house.

However, Edwards reportedly retrieved a cutlass from the kitchen and chopped Reyolds on the left side of her neck, resulting in significant bleeding, and thereafter fled the scene.
According to the police, Edwards subsequently walked into the Weldaad Police Station and admitted wounding the victim, whereupon he was promptly arrested and placed in custody.

Reynolds reportedly sought the help of a relative, who took her to the Fort Wellington Public Hospital for treatment. She was later transferred to the New Amsterdam Public Hospital for further care, where she has since been hospitalised in a serious condition.