Parting fight leads to soldier’s death

Berbice: A Lieutenant attached to the Guyana Defense Force (GDF) is now dead after parting a fight between two men who were imbibing at a shop in Berbice at 21:00 hours on Sunday.

Dead: Mark Bagot

Dead is 26 year-old Mark Bagot of Lot 21 Phillipi Village, Corentyne, Berbice. He has been a member of the force for over three years. Baggot received one stab wound to the chest.

He was rushed to the Port Mourant Public Hospital before being transferred to the New Amsterdam Hospital where he died while receiving treatment. He died sometime after in the wee hours of Monday morning.