The National Newspaper of St. Vincent and the Grenadines
FRIDAY,
OCTOBER 06, 2017
VOLUME 111, No.40
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Kenrick Scott, homicide #33, is reported to have received a single bullet. gunshot wounds he sustained. Pierre’s bullet-ridden FOLLOWING ON LAST body was discovered WEEK’S spate of around 8:15 p.m. in the shootings, this vicinity of the Seventh country recorded two Day Adventist Church, more shooting Belmont. deaths this week, The deceased man’s bringing the number son, Krys Payne, who of murders recorded resides in Kelbourney, for the year thus far said that he could not to 33. believe the news that he The first for the had lost the only parent week occurred on he had. October 1, when 42Payne explained that year-old Calvert Pierre his mother died eight of Belmont died as a years ago, when he was result of multiple then 10 years old, and since his mother’s death, Calvert Pierre, homicide #32, was said to have he did not see his dad as received multiple gunshot wounds. Stories by DAYLE DASILVA
much, especially after his father had left Kelbourney and had relocated in Belmont. According to Payne, he got the news of his father’s death early Monday when a friend informed him. Although he said that the relationship between him and his now deceased father was not “100 percent,” his father still showed love and respect towards him whenever they met. “I am feeling much better now, just have to live with the fact that he’s not around
anymore,” Payne told THE VINCENTIAN. “I done shed a few tears; I can’t make it hold me down too much. [I am] just holding down the faith,” he continued. In an unrelated incident, 32-year-old Kenrick Scott, known as ‘Lamar’, was shot and killed on Tuesday night in Old Bluff, Campden Park. Reports are that Scott
received a single bullet to his head and died on the spot. Up to the time of his death, Scott was said to be on bail after being charged with two counts of aggravated burglary and 17 counts of theft.
SENATOR STANDS BEHIND HIS WORDS SENATOR JULIAN FRANCIS says that he has nothing to apologise for, with respect to the language (and references) he used during the September 26 edition of ‘ULP Speaks’ aired on Star FM, to address the prevailing crime situation in SVG. During that airing, Francis made the point that the public needed to come to the realization that there were gangs operating within the country, who engage in gang warfare, to the deaths of individuals and eventually to revenge killings. He opined that “normal Vincentians going about their lives, are not fearful of this, from the point of view that they will die; they may get killed by a
stray bullet, but the shooting is not intended for innocent persons.” Francis’ comment caused much discussion thereafter. However, on Tuesday, the senator said that he felt that he was justified in making the comment. “There were a lot of deliberate misinterpretations of statements, but the fundamentals of the situation were touched on - gang violence, revenge killings, turf war and family feuds,” Francis said. “When men going to shoot, they know who they going to shoot — very rarely is there a case where there is a stray bullet,” he continued. Getting specific, Francis went on to
say that the individual who killed Raphael O’Neil on September 22, knew who his target was…. that the individual who killed Raphael was eventually killed by his (Raphael) brother Wendell O’Neil, who was eventually gunned down in Kingstown in broad daylight on September 26. “Specific persons are named and intended to be hit, and that’s the point I was making… and I am not clothing it in any other language. That’s the point I was trying to make last week.” Francis said. Senator Julian Francis has been called out by opposition supporters for knowing much of what obtains among the criminal element in SVG.