Heartbroken trike driver stabs, injures ex-girlfriend

STILL bitter over their breakup, a trisikad driver stabbed and wounded his former girlfriend when he met her and tried to win her back in barangay Lahug, Cebu City.

Lydon Orias, 26, said frustration over their break-up drove him to stab Maricel Niere, 18, a househelper who hails from barangay Sabang, Sibonga town.

“Di ko kadawat (I can’t accept that my girlfriend broke up with me),” a tearful Orias told Cebu Daily News in an interview in his cell at the Cebu City Police Office.

Police said a charge for frustrated murder is being readied against Orias.

Orias said the woman broke up with her last Jan. 23, ending a five-month relationship.

The man said he knew that his former girlfriend was fond of meeting men from social networking site Facebook.

After their breakup, Orias said he created a Facebook account using a different name. The man said he and Niere became friends and became textmates.

Last Wednesday night, Orias asked the woman if they could meet. Niere, who was unaware that it was Orias that she was meeting, obliged.

Around 7 p.m., police said Niere went to the agreed meeting place, a secluded area in sitio Upper Sun-ok that was at least 100 meters from her employer’s house.

Niere was surprised when it was Orias who showed up.

Niere told police that Orias suddenly hugged her and whispered, “Ayaw ko buwagi, Cel (Don’t leave me, Cel).”

Niere said she told Orias that she didn’t want to see him anymore. A furious Orias pulled out a knife from his waistline and repeatedly stabbed the woman.

A wounded Niere ran. Orias gave chase but backed off after seeing the woman shouting for help.

Niere was rushed to the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center.

About two hours after the incident, Orias surrendered to PO1 Raffy Cuandot, a neighbor from barangay Sawang Calero.