‘Belfield woman was killed during row over money’

- hospitalised after telling cops he ingested a poisonous substance

Deonarine Sawh who Belfield Squatting Area, Kaieteur News had by members of the Guyana abandoned house at was captured on Wednesday East Coast Demerara (ECD) reported that 65-year-old Police Force (GPF). Sawh, Mahaica,RegionFour after he was wanted in has since confessed to Sawh called “Boyzie” was of Hope Estate, ECD and After being captured, relation to the murder of chopping the woman to arrested on during a pre- CrabwookCreek,Corentyne Sawh was taken into police Nazaleen Mohamed of death. dawn operation carried out Berbice, was captured at an custody where he admitted

-murdersuspect confesses

to the woman’s murder This was confirmed by Crime

Chief Wendell Blanhum

Kaieteur News understands that Sawh told investigators that the deceased had called and asked him for some money and he left his home and went to her at Hope Lowlandswheretheymet.In his confession, he said that he did not have enough money which led to an argumentbetweenthem. He admitted to police that he chopped the woman several times about her body with a cutlass, which he walked with and she fell into the canal along with her purse and cellphone. He also claimed the cutlass fell into thecanal.Afterchoppingthe woman about her body, he related that he went home and subsequently proceeded to an abandoned building at Mahaica where he drank a poisonous substance. This publication was informed that Sawh is currently receiving medical treatment at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC).

Kaieteur News had reported that the body of 47year-old Mohamed, a housewife was on Monday found floating in a canal, with several wounds about her abdomen. The police in their initial statement had disclosedthatthesuspecthas been identified as the dead woman’s ex-partner It was reportedthatthewoman’s (Continued on page 19)