– Jamaican lover held
A Guyanese man was early Monday morning knifed to death in St Martin allegedly by his Jamaican lover, St Martin News (SMN) has reported.
The man has been identified as 45-year-old Radford Alexander Seaford called ‘Skinny’ who the report said was a Dutch citizen and had been living on the island for a number of years. His alleged attacker was identified as Sandra Hall, a Jamaican security guard, who is now in police custody.
According to the report Seaford’s landlady Angela Paul described him as always peaceful and jovial.
“Skinny was no trouble to anyone. He lived here for years and we never had problems with him. We did not even know he was killed until the police and the doctor arrived here last night. As for the woman I don’t know her, the first time I saw her was when the police brought her down to go with her,“ the woman told the newspaper. Other neighbours who lived close by said they did not hear any arguments or fighting. “We don’t know the woman it’s only about a week now she moved in with him. Skinny was hardworking and a very jovial person,” another neighbour said.
SMN said it learnt that Hall had stabbed Seaford at least three times, before calling her boss at Sherriff Security to inform him what she had done.
And a police release, part of which was published in the news story, said that the police and detectives were directed to Christiansted Drive Dutch Quarter about 01:20 am for a stabbing incident. “On the scene the patrols encountered the male victim identified as R.A.S better known as ‘Skinny’ from Guyana who was lying on the ground and bleeding profusely from several stab wounds. Furthermore the victim was not showing any signs of life when police reached on the scene.”
They confirmed that the suspect was a Jamaica with whom the victim had a relationship and who was arrested on the spot.
“The suspect claimed that she had a very abusive relationship with the victim who would regularly beat her. She further stated that she was threatened by the victim with a knife at which time she also took up a knife and started swinging it in the direction of the victim fatally wounding him,” the police release said.
