Man slashes wife with axe and cutlass

Celena Butts, a 52-year old woman of Hope-Lowlands on the East Coast of Demerara is now seeking answers from her relatives as to why she is in pain and hospitalized with chops and bruises.
However, relatives themselves are depending on a police investigation to answer these questions.
Reports are that the woman was severely chopped at around 20:00hrs on Saturday evening last by her common-law husband of five years.
The woman claimed that she is unable to recall Saturday night’s events that led to her receiving wounds to her head and right hand, but according to relatives, who had gathered at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) yesterday, Butts was in the process of preparing dinner when the man, Stephen Sukhram called “Eddie Grant” barged into their home and slashed her with a cutlass.
Butts, a shop owner, reportedly managed to put up a fight during which she was able to pull away the cutlass from her attacker, who then pushed her off, picked up an axe that was lying nearby, and continued to slash her about her body and head.
Her relatives said that the attack stemmed from an argument that the couple had hours earlier, which resulted in Sukhram storming out of the home before returning to commit the act.
The woman’s teenage daughter witnessed the entire ordeal. Yesterday the girl was still traumatized and declined to speak with the press.
Nonetheless, other relatives said that after Sukhram finished chopping the woman, he calmly walked out of the house. The woman’s stunned daughter began calling out to neighbours who immediately rushed to the scene to render assistance to the semi-conscious woman.
Butts was wrapped up in pieces of cloth and rushed to the Accident and Emergency (A&E) Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) where she was treated before being admitted a patient of the hospital’s High Dependency Unit (HDU).
Relatives said that although she is fully conscious of her surroundings now, Butts is unable to recall anything from the brutal attack.
Police yesterday reportedly recovered a bloody axe and cutlass from the couple’s home. However, Sukhram, a construction worker is still on the run.