UK diplomat murdered in Jamaica

[Sir X]

UK diplomat murdered in Jamaica



A British diplomat has been murdered in Jamaica, the Foreign Office confirmed. John Terry was the British honorary consul in the popular tourist destination of Montego Bay.
A Foreign Office spokeswoman said it was in close contact with Jamaican police, who were "investigating the circumstances of his death".
"We can confirm the death of the British honorary consul," she said. "Our sympathy is with the family at this difficult time

[Willi]

Murdered body found nude???

That is ringing alarm bells.

[Bricktop]

Yup he was a homo. His ex wife lives in Kingston with their two kids and she said he had liaisons with men although he had not come out as gay.

[Sir X]

Homophobia theory over Jamaican consul's murder

• No sign of break-in at Terry's house
• Reports of note left near victim's body

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• Peter Walker
• guardian.co.uk, Friday 11 September 2009 19.29 BST
• Article history

John Terry, a British honorary consul in Jamaica, at a function in April. Photograph: Pat Roxborough-Wright/AP


A British honorary consul in Jamaica who was strangled inside his home in a possible homophobic attack was likely to have known his killer, police on the Caribbean island said yesterday.
The body of John Terry, 65, was discovered by his gardener wrapped in a sheet in a bedroom at his home near St James, on the north-west coast of the island and near Montego Bay, Jamaica's second biggest city and a major tourist destination. The New Zealand-born father of two had lived in Jamaica for more than 40 years.
Results of a postmortem examination showed that Mr Terry had been strangled with a ligature and also suffered head injuries, the Jamaica constabulary force said. Reports at the time Mr Terry's body was found, on Wednesday afternoon, said he was throttled with a piece of cloth and that he had been beaten with a blunt object, possibly a table lamp.
While police have yet to name a suspect or publicly identify a motive, some reports said a note found near Mr Terry's body referred to him as a "******************** man", homophobic slang for a homosexual man. Homophobia is rife on the island and attacks on gay men and lesbians are common, according to human rights groups. Police confirmed the existence of a note but declined to discuss its content.
Mr Terry, who reportedly separated from his wife three years ago, had spent decades working in Jamaica's tourism industry and was made an MBE in 1992. At the time of his death he was the maintenance manager for a tourist hotel in Montego Bay.
He had been the British honorary consul for the west of Jamaica for 13 years, a voluntary post assisting Britons in difficulty and acting as a link with local communities.
Detectives believe Mr Terry was likely to have known his killer as there were no signs of a break-in at his house. Some items, among them a mobile phone, had been taken, but it is thought this could have been an attempt to make the incident look like a robbery gone wrong.
"There are no new developments up to this time but we believe, however, that the person who murdered Mr Terry was close to him," Detective Superintendent Michael Garrick told the Jamaica Gleaner newspaper.
Neighbours said a young man seen leaving Mr Terry's house late on Tuesday had asked how he could get transport to the centre of Montego Bay.
Karl Angell, a spokesman for the police, said he could not comment on this or the possible homophobic motive. "The investigators are still doing their work. For now we have nothing more to say," he said.
The Foreign Office said it was not aware of a reason for the attack. "Our sympathy is with the family at this difficult time," a statement said. "Jamaican police are investigating the circumstances of his death and we're in close touch with them."
The foreign secretary, David Miliband, said Mr Terry would "greatly missed". He said: "Honorary consuls like John play a valuable role in our work overseas and this was especially true of John, who helped many, many British visitors to Jamaica over the years."
Several voluntary groups paid tribute to Mr Terry for his charitable work.
Jamaica's murder rate is one of the world's highest. Gay people on the island, where male homosexual acts remain a criminal offence, say they are regularly targeted for abuse or violence, and tourists can sometimes be targeted. In 2006, two US television producers were beaten with tyre irons by a homophobic mob.

[Bricktop]

A next gay kill him yet the incident highlights Jamaica's homophobia?

[Muadib]

Have you reported this to the police !!

[Gamma]

dat tatchell breddah need to talk to him ********************man friend dem and tell dem fi ease up wid killing dem one anedda!

this has all the classic indicators of a gay on gay homicide!

[Muadib]

Not to be confused with Hetero on Hetro homicide...

[Gamma]

mi nuh hear tatchell a bray 'bout dat!

if you would stop being disingenuous for a moment you would see my point...but let me spell it out for you...jamaica is accused of being homophobic and promoting violence against gays by people like tatchell...people all a use ut to claim asylum in the us and the uk, yet the truth is, gays have more to fear from each other....yet wi nuh hear ~peep~ outta dem..

[Bricktop]

Yes informer

[Muadib]

But Jamaica is Homophobic and does promote violence against Gays.. yuh don't need Thatchell to tell yuh dat..

The reality allows people like Thatchell to exist.

More attacking the messenger ?

Dat nuh disingenuous ?

As an anology.. claims of people drawing the race card do not change the reality of racism...

[Gamma]

gays have more to fear from other gays that is the simple fact...even i jamaica is "homophobic" is not homophobia causing them to be murdered!

[Muadib]

lol.. that is a rather startling statement.

Try have a Gay March and see who Gays must fear..

LOL !!

Unless yuh subscribe to 'nuhbaddy move nuhbaddy get hurt' form of 'security'

Wheh yuh seh is a good ting yuh nevah have a Gay birthmark... oddawise it would be a valid concern ala skin colour based intolerance..

[Gamma]

is a fact...whether it "funny" or not.

king, the priest, di yute in new kingston, the diplomat...there was another one i cannot remember now.....

the worst part was that each time when the story break it is "homophobic jamaica" when the truth comes out... not a peep!

[Muadib]

"The consequences of intolerance are a greater evil that the 'evil' that is tolerated"

It is a fundamental question of maturity of the human condition.. the ultimate consequence of intolerance is the destruction of human life on earth...

It is left for those with the ability to reason to recognize and fight for the security of humanity.

The villians of history are not the ignorant but those given the tools of reasoning... dem dat supposed to know bettah !