“This is not the first incident of this nature being dealt with by the police in St James,” the officer noted. The officer told The Sunday Gleaner that a scheme in which men went on popular gay sites pretending to be seeking sexual partners, which surfaced in Granville several years ago but was subsequently dismantled by the police, appears to be the blueprint used in this case. “He is a very lucky young man because although they left him in a critical condition, he managed to make his way to a security checkpoint in the community where they assisted him to the hospital, where he was admitted in critical condition,” the policeman stated. The cop said the men, who were reportedly drinking alcohol, then doused their victim with rum and partially severed his penis before setting him on fire and leaving him to die. “So they returned to where they were holding their victim, and on this occasion, he was forced to transfer money into an account that they gave him.”
“They were unsuccessful,” a police officer told The Sunday Gleaner, in reference to their attempt to get cash from the man’s account.
Sign up for The Gleaner’s morning and evening newsletters.Īccording to the police, the victim was held at a location while the men went to an ATM, where they tried to use the bank card to withdraw money.
