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Lucaino beaten with iron pipe (February 25 - March 3)
Reggae singer Luciano is recovering from a vicious iron pipe attack allegedly ‘engineered’ by his former engineer Freckles at the Esso Service Station at the corner of Constant Spring Road and Dunrobin Avenue in St. Andrew, last Friday.
According to anecdotal reports, the Messenger singer had groceries in his hands and was busy chatting with a friend when he was ambushed.
“Luciano was attacked from behind with an iron pipe. He could have been killed, the blow to the head knocked him out cold,” one source said.
“The doctors had to remove two of his locks and he got six stitches. His entourage was not with him at the time so Freckles planned the attack and almost killed him.”
Luciano, who is known for the mega hit ‘Sweep Over My Soul’ and the number one UK hit ‘Shake It Up Tonight’,
reported the matter to the Half-Way-Tree police who are now seeking to question Freckles in connection with the attack.
The source said Luciano and Freckles had a long running dispute which stemmed from performances they did together in Australia in May last year.
“He took the engineer to Australia but when they returned the engineer kept on asking Luciano for more money. Even though he was paid handsomely for his work on the tour, he came to Luciano’s house and asked why Luciano never give him some of the dub plate money he worked while on tour. He and Luciano got into a fight and Luciano’s entourage rushed him and beat him to a pulp,” the source said.
That altercation happened in June 2008. However, a chance encounter eight months later at a service station almost ended in tragedy for Luciano last Friday.
“When he saw Luciano at the Dunrobin gas station by himself, he must have believed that it was time for some payback so he attacked him from behind.”
Meanwhile, Luciano who was once known as Jah Messenjah when he was a member of the Fattis Burrell Xterminator label, is appealing to members of the public and the entertainment fraternity not to harm Freckles.
“Luci doesn’t want anything to happen to him . You know how he is, he loves peace, but he was warned about this man and now he has learned a cruel lesson, but he doesn’t want Freckles to be harmed. The law should take its course,” the source said.
Luciano, whose real name is Jepther McClymont O.D., is an award-winning singer who has received numerous awards, including Most Spiritual and Educative Singer and Mandela’s Most Cultural Artist. He even received a plaque from the Jamaican government to encourage him in his work.
Reggae singer Luciano is recovering from a vicious iron pipe attack allegedly ‘engineered’ by his former engineer Freckles at the Esso Service Station at the corner of Constant Spring Road and Dunrobin Avenue in St. Andrew, last Friday.
According to anecdotal reports, the Messenger singer had groceries in his hands and was busy chatting with a friend when he was ambushed.
“Luciano was attacked from behind with an iron pipe. He could have been killed, the blow to the head knocked him out cold,” one source said.
“The doctors had to remove two of his locks and he got six stitches. His entourage was not with him at the time so Freckles planned the attack and almost killed him.”
Luciano, who is known for the mega hit ‘Sweep Over My Soul’ and the number one UK hit ‘Shake It Up Tonight’,
reported the matter to the Half-Way-Tree police who are now seeking to question Freckles in connection with the attack.The source said Luciano and Freckles had a long running dispute which stemmed from performances they did together in Australia in May last year.
“He took the engineer to Australia but when they returned the engineer kept on asking Luciano for more money. Even though he was paid handsomely for his work on the tour, he came to Luciano’s house and asked why Luciano never give him some of the dub plate money he worked while on tour. He and Luciano got into a fight and Luciano’s entourage rushed him and beat him to a pulp,” the source said.
That altercation happened in June 2008. However, a chance encounter eight months later at a service station almost ended in tragedy for Luciano last Friday.
“When he saw Luciano at the Dunrobin gas station by himself, he must have believed that it was time for some payback so he attacked him from behind.”
Meanwhile, Luciano who was once known as Jah Messenjah when he was a member of the Fattis Burrell Xterminator label, is appealing to members of the public and the entertainment fraternity not to harm Freckles.
“Luci doesn’t want anything to happen to him . You know how he is, he loves peace, but he was warned about this man and now he has learned a cruel lesson, but he doesn’t want Freckles to be harmed. The law should take its course,” the source said.
Luciano, whose real name is Jepther McClymont O.D., is an award-winning singer who has received numerous awards, including Most Spiritual and Educative Singer and Mandela’s Most Cultural Artist. He even received a plaque from the Jamaican government to encourage him in his work.