Man allegedly beats brother to death

A fight between two brothers in Springfield, St Mary has left one dead and the other in police custody.

Dead is 53-year-old Osmund Senior, otherwise called Wayne. His death comes just a month after the siblings had buried their mother in the family plot behind their home.

Deputy superintendent in charge of the St Mary police, Dalian Clarke, told THE STAR that Senior's elder sibling is in custody and being questioned. Clarke said about 8 a.m. on Sunday, a family friend went to visit Senior and saw his body lying on its back with wounds to the head.

"The police visited the scene and commenced investigations. The investigations revealed that both brothers reside together, they had a dispute, which escalated into a fight. The suspect is in custody, not yet charged," Clarke stated. Preliminary investigations indicate that Senior was hit repeatedly with a concrete block.

Another sibling Vivienne Senior told reporters that she had gone to Westmoreland last Saturday and the following morning she got a phone call from a female friend saying her brother was dead.

"When I heard yesterday (Sunday), I bawled all the way come up. I couldn't do nothing. I got here, I think, after 12 (noon). When I got here and saw him lying there, I collapsed at the gate. I heard that they had an altercation, a fight develop and that's how it comes out," she said. Vivienne said Senior was a kind and helpful person.

"Him nuh mek trouble. The only problem Wayne have, him drink at times. Him nuh gi nobody no trouble, none at all," Vivienne said, adding that the entire community of Springfield was saddened by the tragedy.