Elderly Brothers Stabbed; Grandson Detained
Dwayne Sutherland
Two elderly brothers are recovering from stab wounds they suffered at the hands of a younger relative on Saturday evening in Lemonal Village. The incident happened in front of the Anthony’s residence, where a celebration was happening after a cricket match. And the suspect is no stranger to police. Aside from being the grandson of one of the victims and the grandnephew of the other, Dwayne Sutherland was out on bail on a gun charge when he stabbed his elders. News Five’s Marion Ali has the details in the following report.
Marion Ali, Reporting
The quiet village of Lemonal, in the Belize River Valley, was the scene of a double stabbing on Saturday evening. Two elderly brothers, Tony and Russell Anthony came under attack in front of Tony’s residence and it was at the hands of his own grandson. Tony told News Five that he got stabbed for trying to prevent his grandson from returning to a scene where he was involved in a fight just minutes earlier.
Tony Anthony
Tony Anthony, Stabbed by grandson
“Saturday evening dehn guys mi di got wa lee get-together, have a little drink, you know, buy a couple of beers after a cricket game because they come in third and they decide that they will have a little drinking and eating for the players dehn and, things just happen, you know. My grandson, he stay in that little apartment there and I see ah gone outta the road and when he get out there, I see a hassling happening.”
Marion Ali
“A fight?”
Tony Anthony
“Well, kind of a fighting, yes, and he run back in ya and I mi di try talk to ah and tell ah well, noh goh back out deh, you know, and I insist that ih noh goh because the thing could get worse. Soh well, I nuh know if he feel like I – he nuh want I stop he. Soh ih just jam-jam?”
Marion Ali
“He already had the knife?”
Tony Anthony
“Well, I neva see ah pull out no knife. Ih just juck me.”
Assistant Commissioner of Police, Hilberto Romero told the media that the police have detained the suspect for the incident.
Hilberto Romero
A.C.P Hilberto Romero, Regional Commander, Eastern Division
“On Saturday, the 19th day of August, police responded to Lemonal Village, where upon arrival they saw Dwayne Anthony and Russell Anthony with stab wound injuries. They were taken to the K.H.M.H. Both have since been released from the K.H.M.H. and are back at home. We have one suspect in custody, and we expect to charge him sometime this afternoon.”
Reporter
“Was alcohol involved?”
A.C.P. Hilberto Romero
“No, there was a fight, and then this person inflicted a stab injury to the two male persons.”
Luckily for the Anthony brothers, the wounds they suffered were not life threatening and they will make full recoveries. For now, however, Tony Anthony told us that he remains in pain.
Tony Anthony
“I can’t move how I want. I can’t sleep how I want. I just have to sleep only on my back, you know.”
Marion Ali
“But have the doctors told you that you’re going to recover fully?”
Tony Anthony
“Right. They discharged me and, you know, everything – I gone through a lot of tests before I come out. So, they’re sure that, yeah, I’m alright.”
He also told us that his grandson is short-tempered. While he says he does not want to press criminal charges against him, he will have to move off his property and stay away.
Tony Anthony
“I nuh want goh no further because da family and ih ma da my daughter, ih granny da mi wife. Soh I nuh want deh eena court stand up. I nuh want ah ya, I nuh want ah ya.”
Marion Ali
“So he has to move?”
Tony Anthony
“Well, ih have to move. Ih have to goh to his mother. He has a mother. That’s all.”
Marion Ali for News Five.
