Pig farmer's brother arrested

[Lazie]

Published: Monday | June 1, 2009


The St Catherine South police have arrested a brother of pig farmer Gregory Gordon, who was shot to death while he tended to his animals on Friday night.
Gordon's brother was picked up by the police about 6 p.m. Saturday and was yesterday still being interviewed in connection with the murder.
Police state that there was an ongoing feud between the siblings and it was a family member who provided the breakthrough in their investigations.
A number of persons wept openly on hearing about the death of 'Farmer Greg', as Gordon was affectionately called.
"This is really painful to me, why would anyone want to kill him as he is a hard-working person and don't deserve this type of treatment,'' remarked Andrea Brown, a resident of Watson Grove.
Gordon was considered to be a generous person as, even in his distress, he donated some of his pigs towards assisting the Mill Bank truck tragedy in Portland.
Gordon came to prominence in 2008 after he pleaded with Government to assist him with relocating his farm after suffering through acts of praedial larceny. The Government donated the plot of land on which he was later killed.

[Lazie]

I recall hearing this farmer being interviewed on NNN. Damn shame.

[Lazie]

State failed ‘Farmer Greg’- Wilkinson Sunday, 31 May 2009 More reactions have come in regarding the murder of 32-year old pig farmer Greg Gordon, who was nicknamed "Farmer Greg".

He was found shot to death in one of his pig pens at his farm off Municipal Boulevard in Portmore, St. Catherine about 7 pm Friday.

Attorney-at-law Ian Wilkinson, who was speaking on RJR' weekly news review programme "That's a Rap" on Sunday said Farmer Greg's death is an indication that the State had failed him.

"Having regard to the history of this gentleman's life, the history of the matter in terms of the attacks on his establishment when he was bold enough to come forward, I think he exposed himself to risks once he became what I would call a special case and that he certainly merited extra protection form the state and having died as he died, without any serious knowledge of what was put in place to protect him, it's safe to say that the state probably failed," said Mr. Wilkinson.

State has always failed the poor - McCalla-Sobers

And human rights activist Yvonne McCalla Sobers said the State's failure is not surprising.

"The instruments agencies of the state, specifically the security agencies were not set up to protect people like Farmer Greg ... the message really ahs been that poor, unemployed struggling people are on there own. So the issue for me is not whether the state has failed, which is what it has been doing, but whether, do we want it different," asked Mrs. McCalla-Sobers, Head of the human rights group Families Against State Terrorism, who was also speaking on "That's a Rap."

Farmer Greg's battle to save his animals from thieves evoked national attention a few months ago.

The young enthusiastic farmer, 32, became somewhat of a celebrity when he was singled out by Prime Minister Bruce Golding late last year.

After complaining on Television Jamaica's Prime Time News that his entrepreneurial efforts were constantly being thwarted by thieves, Mr. Golding offered him land to relocate and expand.

Shortly after expanding, Farmer Greg was attacked and chopped several times by criminals who continue to prey on his farm.

Some of his animals were also killed.

This however did not discourage him and continued his pig rearing operations until he was shot dead.

[Muadib]

How is this possible ?

Portia love poor people and the PNP put people first...

Maybe she means outside of the times the PNP was in power ?

[Gamma]

a bit of a stretch to me. perhaps something is not being said that is relevant to the accusations which would complete the picture?