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Jan 28, 2013 News
It has been several weeks since the mutilated body of male sex worker was found in St Philip’s Green, and now police appear to have reached a dead end in their investigators.
Initially ranks had detained two men who were identified as two of three persons with whom the murdered, Wesley Holder was seen prior to his death.
The killing has caused some commercial sex workers to temporarily cease roaming the streets while others are continuing with business as usual.
This publication was also told that there is a particular group that targets commercial sex workers plying their trade in the High Street area as well as those working the vicinity of the St. George’s Cathedral.
“They got a group as soon as they see these people get clients they does run up to them and stick them up, and remember now nobody aint gon want go and report that they went to pick a fare and get rob, and these girls ‘male commercial sex workers’ does get rich clients and people you would never expect,”.
There are also reports of troublesome persons who would frequent the areas used by sex workers and assault them for no reason.
“Some people get kicks off of doing it but these people (commercial sex workers) just go out there to do business they don’t trouble nobody, yes I gon admit that they got a few who does rob them client like when they doing they business but is not nothing big,” one source told this publication.
Relatives and friends of the now dead Holder said they were always fearful for his life.
One relative who was very close to Holder said she recalled many nights he would literally race back to his home with marks of violence and would not be able to return to the streets for days.
“He use to tell us stories about working with a client and then known persons coming and robbing both he and his client and in some instances being severely beaten and I would beg him to not go back to the streets, but it was what he loved.”
The relative who asked not to be identified said she feels persons like Holder are victims of discrimination as their numerous reports of assault have been made to the Brickdam Police Station but nothing is ever done. Another friend of Holder’s told this publication that once Holder was beaten so badly that his entire back was discolored and he was in severe pain for days. Relatives told this publication that on more than one occasion they found a regular job for him but before long he would return to the streets.
Holder’s friend who had identified two suspects had reportedly been at the receiving end of death threats because of a statement he had given investigators.
Sources close to the investigation revealed that there was insufficient evidence to press charges against the two men.
A source had revealed that police had removed a freshly used condom and a knife from the scene of the crime. However there has been no talk of possible DNA testing in this case.
Nineteen year-old Wesley Holder called ‘Tiffany’ of 65 Cross Street, Werk-en-Rust was on January 11th last found dead in the compound of St. Phillips Green. He had been murdered.
This publication was told that the man’s body bore a cut to the back of the neck, one to his throat and cuts to his wrists. There were other marks of violence on the body.
Holder was last seen alive around 21:00 hours on the day before the discovery in the company of another sex worker. Holder had indicated that he was going to conduct business. Two persons were detained to assist with investigations but no charges were laid.
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