Georgetown: A miner is in police custody after allegedly killing his colleague over a quantity of stolen raw gold at Black Water Backdam, Cuyuni River, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni).
Dead is 48-year-old Compton Benjamin, a pork-knocker of Durban Street, Georgetown. Benjamin’s body is at the hospital’s mortuary awaiting a Post-Mortem Examination.
Reports indicate that the incident occurred at about 06:30h at Lime Tree Road, Black Water Backdam on Wednesday.
Police stated that enquiries disclosed that the suspect and Benjamin had an altercation over a quantity of stolen raw gold which the suspect had earlier stashed in a cupboard they both shared.
Subsequently, an argument escalated into a fight over the missing gold and it was then that the suspect stabbed the 48-year-old man in the region of his chest.
Police said that he was rushed to the Bartica Regional Hospital where he succumbed to his injury whilst receiving medical attention.
