BUSINESSMAN Divendra Deodat, 34, also known as “Dave”, was last evening gunned down in his home at Hampshire while his wife was wounded as gun and cutlass touting bandits invaded their home on the Corentyne Coast. Berbice.Last evening the friends of the family could not say if the men were masked but confirmed that the woman, whose name was given as Mala, was attacked with cutlass. The family operates a trucking service and is well-known throughout Berbice.

One woman said that when they got the message and arrived at the home the police were busy carrying out their investigation and were not allowing anyone in the yard.