A Freeport man was chopped to death by a relative while he slept at his home on Sunday morning.
Deodath Gopie, 58, a PTSC employee, was chopped about the body while he slept at his Grant Trace Extension, home, Freeport, sometime between Saturday night and Sunday morning.
Surviving members say if the police had taken away the suspect three days before, when they reported one of his many attacks on the victim and his wife Pauline, Gopie might still be alive and the relative would not be in jail.
His sister-in-law Lisa Ramlal told media, while she was saddened by the turn of events, Gopie’s death had ended over 30-years of abuse her sister suffered at his hands.