FRIDAY,
MARCH 06, 2020
VOLUME 114, No.10
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‘PETO’ CHARACTER KILLED Edward ‘Bully’ Lavia became this country’s third muder victim for 2020.
Reports are that there was an altercation between Lavia and another THE STABBING DEATH OF EDWARD man resulting in rum being thrown ‘BULLY’ LAVIA, 46, in the North Leeward into Lavia’s face. He pushed the other community of Petit Bordel, has left a man, to the ground. The man got up sense of sadness in that community and and pursued Lavia who had taken to surrounding areas. running away. Lavia, who moved many years ago Eye witnesses said that Lavia with his family from their original sought refuge in a nearby house, but abode in Rose Hall to Petit Bordel, the man caught up with him on the was stabbed in the neck with a broken step of the front porch of the house, bottle on Friday, February 28, where he is said to have inflicted the sometime around 4:45 — 5:00 pm. He stab. was pronounced dead on arrival at the A video that surfaced on Social Chateaubelair Hospital. Media showed a number of people .by KENVILLE HORNE
looking at the wounded man sitting in a pool of blood, but no one moved to offer him any assistance. Reports are that Minelva ‘Min Min’ Pierre, an elderly female occupant of the house, had to be taken to the Chateaubelair Hospital where she was treated for shock.
Well liked and understood When THE VINCENTIAN visited the community on Monday, many persons expressed sadness on Lavia’s passing . “ He love to sing and play steel pan with the group round a Rose Bank,” one person told THE VINCENTIAN An elderly friend answering to the name ‘Darda’ Edwards said, “’Bully’ Continued on Page 3.
FARMER CHARGED WITH STABBING DEATH neck with a ‘piece of broken bottle’ following an altercation at Petit JUNE 8, 2020 is slated for the Borden around 4:45 p.m. on Friday, Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the February 28. stabbing death one week ago, of 46François was not required to plea to year-old Edward Lavia of Petit Bordel. the indictable charge and was The date was set at the Serious remanded. Offences Court on Tuesday when The Prosecution is expected to call James François, 51-year-old farmer of about ten witnesses. Petit Bordel, made an appearance Lavia’s death followed on the heels before Chief Magistrate Rechanne of the murder of Henry Parsons, 54Browne, charged with Lavia’s murder. year-old former employee of the François had made an appearance Diamond Wood Lumber business at at the Kingstown Magistrate’s Court Diamond, and resident of Long Piece, the previous day, as the Serious North Union. He was chopped in the Offences Court was not sitting, but back of his right leg around 10:45 p.m. Senior Magistrate Rickie Burnett February 21, at Long Piece. He died on transferred the matter. the spot, and an autopsy revealed he Lavia was stabbed in the side of his succumbed to loss of blood. by HAYDN HUGGINS
James François is charged with the murder of Edward Lavia.
Frankie Joseph, 42-year-old farmer of Long Piece, has been charged with the murder. His PI is slated for June 9, 2020. Up to press time, three murders were recorded for the year, the first being the shooting death of 44-year-old Cuban nurse Arianna Taylor-Israel, who was gunned down shortly after 3 p.m. January 30, on the compound of the St. Martin’s Secondary School where she had gone to pick up her son, a student of that school. Arianna’s husband Mitchell ‘Mitch’ Israel, a former public servant, has been charged with the murder. His PI is slated for May 18. Joseph and Israel remain in custody awaiting their Preliminary Inquiries.