7-11-2003 Jamaica:
POLICE IN Annotto Bay, St. Mary, have launched a search for persons involved in a mob killing on a man accused of raping and murdering a teenage girl in the community of Enfield on Tuesday.
The man, 21-year-old Damion White, died Wednesday night in the St. Ann's Bay Hospital, after he was transferred from the Annotto Bay Hospital. He was beaten and chopped by the residents, after they discovered the body of 16-year-old Althea Dick in Enfield on Tuesday morning.
White is from Golden Grove in St. Thomas.
The police report that White, who was wanted by the police in connection with the death of Dick, was held by residents on the St. Mary Banana Estate.
The residents continued to pursue White after he was admitted to hospital. The police say there was a major disturbance at the Annotto Bay Hospital on Wednesday night, when scores of residents showed up searching for him.
An official at the hospital said the angry residents converged on the hospital, demanding that White be released to them in order that they may avenge Dick's death. ..more..
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