Police have detained a man for questioning in connection with the brutal cutlass attack on Jennifer Rampersad, who remains warded at the San Fernando General Hospital.
Her right hand was severed, as were two fingers on her left hand during the attack at her home at Sancho Road, New Grant, on Saturday morning.
The 35-year-old accounts clerk, who also suffered a fractured skull, has been moved from the Intensive Care Unit to a medical ward. However, she has not been able to help the police identify her attacker as yet due to her condition.
Rampersad, who lived with her mother and nephew, was attacked around 1.40 am.
Her mother, Irene Soodeen, was jolted out of her sleep by her daughter’s scream and found her covered in blood in the corridor of the home. Neighbours called the police after hearing the mother’s cries for help.
Police believe the attacker had a key to the house since there were no signs of forced entry. The family has since moved out of the house and changed the doors’ locks.
Up to late yesterday the man was still in police custody.
Ag Sgt Ramlogan is continuing investigations.