Man jailed for murder hours after baptism

A Christian man who allegedly chopped a male to death mere hours after he was 'born again' is now in police custody following a series of machete attacks, which left several persons nursing injuries in Glengoffe, St Catherine.

Information reaching THE STAR is that one man is dead and two others, including the former girlfriend, are said to be nursing injuries.

The dead man has been identified as 32-year-old Marlon Robinson, labourer of a Glengoffe district address.

Reports from the police are that he was chopped to death at his home by a man at about 11:30 p.m. on Sunday.

However, THE STAR understands that a series of events involving the accused the day before may have triggered Sunday's deadly attack. Our news team gathered that the accused began showcasing weird behaviour after his girlfriend got baptised in May and ended their relationship. He was allegedly told to move on with his life, however, residents claim that the accused man said that he could not live without her.

"Saturday night him attack him stepmother and hold cutlass at her neck. Him tell him father and stepmother say dem a work obeah and use him as sacrifice. The father step in, and police come and bring dem go station and talk to dem. The son tell police nuh fi let him out cause him fear people inna di district a go kill him," one resident said.

After being released by the police, the resident said: "Him (accused) walk up and down till daylight."

ATTACKING PEOPLE

"Him go church yesterday (Sunday) which is his usual ting. Him go back Sunday night and get baptise, and after church him just start attack di people dem inna di district, so di yute dem rush him," the resident added.

THE STAR gathered that during the melee, the accused broke free and ran to the home of his ex-lover, where he attacked his former sister-in-law and Robinson, with whom she shares a child.

"Him reach deh and kick off the door and start attack dem, and di sister-in-law run out leave dem in there. Him chop up the man and come out leave him. All this time nobody knew he (Robinson) was dead."

"When him come out the house, the people dem start beat him, and is like the more beating him get, the stronger he was. All when him a get the beating, him start tell the people dem fi crown him king because they couldn't overpower him," the resident told THE STAR.

Our news team was told that after checks were made, Robinson was found dead, slumped over a bath tub containing water.

The police were later summoned and the accused taken into custody.

Two persons, including the former lover of the accused, who was bitten, stabbed and chopped by the accused, remain in hospital in stable condition.

The Corporate Communications Unit (CCU) confirmed the reports, and told THE STAR that the Glengoffe police are investigating.