Policeman dies after being stabbed at school fair
On Monday, while manning the entrance at the Belmont Primary School fair, police officer 602 Giovanni Charles was stabbed and later died.{{more}}
Reports are that Charles had tried to get a man who had entered the fair without paying the EC$2 entrance fee to leave when the situation escalated, resulting in him being stabbed in the neck, an injury to which he later succumbed.
After being stabbed, Charles was placed in a wheelbarrow, after which he was transferred to a pick-up truck and taken to the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital (MCMH).
On Wednesday, speaking after Charlesâ autopsy at the MCMH, the dead policemanâs father Douglas Pompey described his sonâs passing as “shocking newsâ.
Pompey, from Old Montrose, stressed that the news has hit home so hard, that he hasnât even found the strength to cry, as he is still in disbelief.
Of his son, Pompey said, “I canât really believe heâs gone, he was a very good person, mannerly and everything; he come up in a good way.â
The confused father said that when he heard his son was injured, he went to the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital (MCMH) and, “thatâs when I realize he really dead. I ainât cry up to now. I miss he; I donât know what happenedâ.
Pompey said that his son wanted to join the army, but they encouraged him to join the police force, so that he would not become idle.
Originally from Lowmans Leeward, Charles grew up in New Montrose with his mother and was a police officer for three years before he met his tragic end.
Carlos Pompey, Charlesâ uncle, described his nephew as, “a decent guyâ.
“He was well-mannered and everybody loved him and we miss him. We canât bring him back, so we have to just try cope,â said Carlos of Charles, who was 25 years old and had no children.
Degra âDidiâ Michael, Charlesâ cousin, said that the deceased was the family member who kept the family together.
“He would update all of us on what each other was doing. When our grandmother died, Giovanni was there every day; he is a family person, grew up in church, respectful, cool, cool guy; you couldnât find a cooler person,â said Michael, who revealed that she was the one who encouraged Charles to join the constabulary.
She said that she told him that the Police Force needed people like him and she thought that it was a good idea for him to become a lawman.
“I helped him to do the application and encouraged him to join as a career path. He take everything with a smile. he didnât deserve to die the way he died. Life is so unfair sometimes,â commented Michael, who revealed that she has no regrets encouraging her cousin to become a policeman, as he was a good officer.
Another of Charlesâ cousins, Camille Fagan, told SEARCHLIGHT that she may have had a premonition of Charlesâ death, as she dreamt something strange a few days ago.
“I had a dream but I took it for nothing because in that dream I see somebody come from behind and stabbing and I say God show me who is this, but I couldnât see a face in the dream. It was very hard to visualize who it was,â said Fagan.
“When I heard he had died, I didnât believe at first; then I was in a state of shock. It feel so shocking; itâs so tragic,â stressed Fagan, who said that she looked up to Charles as a role model and he was her favourite cousin.
She said that when she heard he was in the Rapid Response Unit (RRU), she had told him to be cautious.
“He didnât deserve that. It is so shocking and tragic,â lamented Fagan, whose cousin has gone down in history as the 11th person to be murdered in St VinÂcent and the Grenadines this year.
Police have detained 18-year-old former IntermeÂdiate High School student Maverick Joseph in relation to Charlesâ murder.
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