Notorious Carriere resident is second victim of homicide in 2023

Selwyn “Kashie” Foye, a man who had in the past been accused of murder, rape and sexual assault, met his death in the wee hours of January 1, 2023.

The Carriere resident who operated a bar was walking home sometime before 2:00 am when he was shot and killed in an area called Glasgow Hill, near to the intersection between Collins and Evesham.

Residents told SEARCHLIGHT that they heard at least 12 gunshots.

Over the years, Foye had had several run ins with the law and was recently charged with offences relating to sexual assault after a recording was made of a woman being sexually violated at a bar he operated.

It was alleged that the man carrying out the assault was Foye.

In 2007 he was sentenced to life imprisonment for  the October 2, 2004 murder of Percy Browne. However, in 2010, the East Caribbean Court of Appeal quashed the conviction and set aside the sentence on the grounds that the conviction had relied solely on the dying declaration of Browne that Kashie was the person who had shot him.

Foye had also been previously charged with aggravated burglary and rape of Decima John which occurred at Cane End, February 3, 2003.

However, the case was never tried as on July 6, 2004, just one day before she was scheduled to appear in court to give evidence in the case, John was gunned down on her way to an outside toilet at her home.

John had been an employee of Percy Browne and after she was killed, Browne had said publicly he thought that Foye was responsible.

It is also alleged that Foye had been part of a gang that had been run by murder convict Daniel “Compay” Trimmingham, a notorious criminal who terrorized the Marriaqua community.

Trimmingham died of cancer on August 23, 2019 while serving a life sentence at the Belle Isle Correctional Facility.

Trimmingham had been found guilty of the January 8, 2003 beheading of Albert “Bertie”Browne and was sentenced to death on Monday, November 17, 2003.  However, that death sentence was commuted to a life sentence on June 22, 2009 after the court of final appeal, The Privy Council, decided that the case was not the “worst of the worst.”

[[UPDATED at 1:10 pm to correct the headline to second homicide victim of 2023]]