| …mason beaten to death, tied to utility pole The sight of a dead man, naked and tied to a utility pole greeted residents of ‘B’ Field Sophia early yesterday morning much to their shock at the level of treatment meted out to a fellow human being.According to a police report, the body was discovered about 06:00 hours by residents of the area. The dead man was identified as Nigel Roy Lowe, 41,NFL Jerseys From China, called ‘Harry’, a mason of Joe Singh Drive, Sophia.Dead 41 year-old Nigel LoweReports are that the man was beaten, tied to the utility pole,Cheap Jerseys From China, and left to die by a group of men. Residents said that the attack on the man started around 02:00 hours yesterday after a resident of ‘A’ Field Sophia saw him in his yard and began shouting for thief.Some of the man’s relatives who asked not to be identified said that they heard the noise when the attack started but did not venture out of their homes to see what was going on. It was only after sunrise that they started to get telephone calls about Lowe’s gruesome death.A relative identified as ‘Junior’ said ever since Lowe’s father died some time last year he was hardly seen in the area.“After he father died he left but we know he use to work as a mason,Soccer Jerseys China, building blocks in Lodge and when that work ease up, he would come in here and pick coconut from his mother yard and sell.”Junior said he has never heard Lowe being involved in stealing from people although he had turned to the streets.Junior said that he was told that Lowe went to his mother’s property in ‘A’ Field Sophia to use the latrine when an occupant of the house saw him, raised an alarm and attacked him.“They got a latrine in the yard and ‘Harry’ went to use the toilet. When he coming out de Rasta man broad side he and then people start coming out and they beat this man.”Relatives said they were told that persons tied Lowe’s hands and feet and dragged him over to ‘A’ Field Sophia where the beating continued. Residents over in ‘A’ Field said they too heard the commotion and heard Lowe begging for help.One resident said she called the police but they didn’t show up until 07:00 hours. A source close to the investigation told this publication that the man’s body bore chops to the head and face.Some residents said they are of the opinion that if the police had arrived when they were summoned, Lowe might have still been alive.“If these police de come at least I think he woulda be alive and they coulda carry he to the hospital”.Further, when a patrol vehicle turned up at the scene at day clean yesterday, the ranks were heard expressing their shock at the sight that greeted them.“F*& boy! Dem cruel this man. I never see something like this. But is since two we deh driving around looking for this man. We get de report but we get wrong direction,” one rank was heard saying.As word got around, a large crowd converged at the scene. Many expressed their view that no human being deserved such a death.“Even if he de thief something beat he li’l and hand he over to the police. Is wa we gone to? That man got family,” a resident lamented.There was also speculation that the perpetrators may have been planning to burn the man but for some reason or the other, aborted that plan. There was a heap of wood packed on the man’s body as if someone was preparing for a cremation.Meanwhile, it was only late last evening that Lowe’s mother was informed of his death. The woman,Cheap Soccer Jerseys, Jenny Fordyce,NFL Jerseys China, had left her home at around 05:30 hours for her routine diabetes clinic check up at the Georgetown Public Hospital. When she arrived at her home around 18:00 hours, she was greeted by a large crowd as concerned residents tried to figure a way to break the news to her.Totally oblivious to the fate that befell her son the woman said, “I must be very important this afternoon. I wonder why all these people want to see me?”After seating her down on a bench in front of her yard the woman’s niece began to break the news to the sickly woman. The woman only broke into tears after being showed a photograph of her son’s remains tied to the utility pole.“He never had any criminal streak about him, after his father died he became a little wayward but all you had to do was holler on him and he would humbly drop whatever he was doing, without even answering you back.”Mrs. Fordyce said she last saw her son on Monday when he came to the yard to pick coconuts to ply his trade.“He never trouble anybody. He didn’t deserve this. Why they do it to he? All they had to do was holler on he even if they say he trouble something,Wholesale Jerseys,” the woman wept.When formally informed by a police rank about the incident the woman said she is at a loss as to how she will take care of her son’s funeral since she only lost her husband last July.Up to press time, yesterday,Cheap Sports Jerseys, three persons were in custody assisting with investigations. This publication was told that the man who reportedly initiated the attack is among those detained. |
