Man beaten, chopped
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| BEATEN AND CHOPPED: Timothy Bell and his fiancé Elizabeth Joseph. Bell was beaten and chopped at Derry Lane, Mc Bean Village, Couva. He died at hospital hours later. |
BY STACY MOORE Monday, October 31 2011
A FEUD between two families in Couva ended tragically Saturday night when a 26-year-old man was killed.
Timothy Bell was badly beaten and chopped at Derry Lane, Mc Bean Village, at about 9.30 pm. He died yesterday morning at the Port-of-Spain General Hospital (PoSGH) while undergoing surgery. Police have arrested a father, his son, a nephew and a son-in-law. The four were up to last evening in police custody.
Villagers told Newsday that the killing stemmed from ongoing tensions between two families on Derry Lane. They said the two families have been cursing each other for some time. Members of one family accused the other family of starting the feud.
Bell, who is originally from San Juan, recently met a girl from Derry Lane and the two were engaged. About five months ago he moved into the girl’s parents home at Derry Lane.
Bell was attacked and killed on the road.
Bell’s fiance’s brother Matthew Joseph told Newsday, members of the other family were making allegations against Bell and other relatives. “They would always say we staring at their house. They always throwing talk for us. We go about our own business, but they keep saying we looking at their house,” Joseph said.
Police said at about 9.30 pm on Saturday, members of both families began to curse and verbally abuse each other. The quarrel escalated onto the road, where a fist fight erupted. Bell and a 55- year-old man were said to be fighting on the road, when members of one family drew cutlasses and pieces of iron.
Bell was beaten and chopped.
Joseph said, “They beat him till his face turned blue black, and his eyes swell. And even when he fell on the ground unconscious, they just continued to chop him on his head as he was on the ground bleeding. It was when he get the blow to the head, he fell on the ground.”
He said he ran to Bell’s rescue, but was struck on the leg with a piece of iron..
Police arrived on the scene and took Bell to the Couva District Health Facility where he was treated and transferred to the Port-of- Spain General Hospital.
A member of the other family involved in the dispute, Anjanne Bowlah said Bell was the aggressor and that her relatives were only defending themselves. She admitted that there had been an ongoing feud, saying, “Bell recently come to live in this community, and he always looking across our wall.”
The Bowlah family members, who are proprietors of a construction business, told Newsday they made several reports with at the Couva Police Station regarding Bell’s threats and his suspicious activities in and around their home.
An autopsy on Bell’s body will be performed today at the Forensic Science Centre, Port-of-Spain. PC Kyrn Lewis is investigating.
Villagers told Newsday that the killing stemmed from ongoing tensions between two families on Derry Lane. They said the two families have been cursing each other for some time. Members of one family accused the other family of starting the feud.
Bell, who is originally from San Juan, recently met a girl from Derry Lane and the two were engaged. About five months ago he moved into the girl’s parents home at Derry Lane.
Bell was attacked and killed on the road.
Bell’s fiance’s brother Matthew Joseph told Newsday, members of the other family were making allegations against Bell and other relatives. “They would always say we staring at their house. They always throwing talk for us. We go about our own business, but they keep saying we looking at their house,” Joseph said.
Police said at about 9.30 pm on Saturday, members of both families began to curse and verbally abuse each other. The quarrel escalated onto the road, where a fist fight erupted. Bell and a 55- year-old man were said to be fighting on the road, when members of one family drew cutlasses and pieces of iron.
Bell was beaten and chopped.
Joseph said, “They beat him till his face turned blue black, and his eyes swell. And even when he fell on the ground unconscious, they just continued to chop him on his head as he was on the ground bleeding. It was when he get the blow to the head, he fell on the ground.”
He said he ran to Bell’s rescue, but was struck on the leg with a piece of iron..
Police arrived on the scene and took Bell to the Couva District Health Facility where he was treated and transferred to the Port-of- Spain General Hospital.
A member of the other family involved in the dispute, Anjanne Bowlah said Bell was the aggressor and that her relatives were only defending themselves. She admitted that there had been an ongoing feud, saying, “Bell recently come to live in this community, and he always looking across our wall.”
The Bowlah family members, who are proprietors of a construction business, told Newsday they made several reports with at the Couva Police Station regarding Bell’s threats and his suspicious activities in and around their home.
An autopsy on Bell’s body will be performed today at the Forensic Science Centre, Port-of-Spain. PC Kyrn Lewis is investigating.
Source: http://www.newsday.co.tt/news/0,149787.html
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