UPDATE: A 25 year old man commits suicide in New Amsterdam
A 25 year old man of lot 28 Ogleton Dam, Angoys Avenue, New Amsterdam, this morning committed suicide. Sherlon Allen was found by his brother; Orin Sampson, at approximately 12:30 am.
Sampson noted that he returned home from a visit to his cousin who resides a few houses away and upon entry to the house, saw a cat approaching the bird cage of his brother and proceeded to chase the animal away before approaching the room of his brother where he saw him hanging.
“Whilst coming home back, I saw the bird cage in front he room and the cat was coming so I ran the cat and when I looked into the room and looked up, I saw my brother with the rope around he neck. So what I try to do is rescue him because I don’t know how long he hanging there for. So I take he down and cut the rope and so on and try to see if he alive and later on, the police came in and take some statements” Sampson explained.
He added that “when I came home from work at around 7:00, the guy saw me but he didn’t say anything, he was in his room reading his bible and so but he didn’t tell me anything. And then I left him and go over by my cousin’s house to charge my phone and I spent like, upto 11-12 and decided to come home back.”
This is the fourth suicide for the county of Berbice for 2016.
