FRIDAY, OCTOBER 04, 2024
VOLUME 118, No.39
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SHOOTING DEATHS FORMER RADIO ROCK PETIT PERSONALITY CHARGED BORDEL
STABBING DEATH IN CALLIAQUA:
by KENVILLE HORNE
of Petit Bordel on mainland St. Vincent. For many residents in the community, a shooting death in the village is something they had never experienced in their lifetime. Between Friday 27th September and the wee hours of Sunday 29th September, two men were brutally gunned down in the North Leeward fishing community.
Right: Elijah Crease was said to have been a tradesman though a police report listed him as a labourer.
Homicide One The first homicide was that of Stanron ‘Standpipe’ Stapleton, 29, of Rose Hall. Stapleton was gunned down in Petit Bordel on Friday 27th, about 10:42 pm. Othnell ‘Curtel’ Lavia was Stanron ‘Standpipe’ Stapleton Reports are that he was attacked by three gunmen and was reportedly shot by a single hanging in the vicinity of a bath shot multiple times. gunman. in the community when he was approached by an unknown cornered by the gunman and shot TWO HOMICIDES, less than 24 assailant who opened fire. multiple times. hours apart, sent shockwaves Stapleton fled to a nearby across the Northwestern community building where he was apparently Continued on Page 3.
by HAYDN HUGGINS
Nolwyn ‘Nolly B’ Bennett seen here leaving the Serious Offenses Court on Wednesday.
SPECIALISED UNITS of the Royal SVG Police Force were kept busy over the period Friday 27th — Sunday 29th September. Continued on Page 3.