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Dwayne McLeod, STAR Writer
Residents of a community in Portland are singing the praises for a group of known thugs who live with and care for an elderly blind woman.
THE WEEKEND STAR learnt that the group of three men took over a four-bedroom house in which the 85-year-old woman lives after her grandson migrated to the United States sometime last year.
It is said that he begged other persons from the community to help take care of her, promising that he would send money whenever she needed it.
However, a few months after he left, they stopped hearing from him and calls to his cellphone are still going unanswered.
"A we use to take care of her but few months after her grandson leave di yute dem take ova di place ... . At first, we did mad bout it but wi realise seh dem actually a tek care of di lady ...,"Julie Sandwich, a resident of the community said.
THE WEEKEND STAR was told that the men had simply declared one day that they would be living at the house.
One young man who would normally have visited the elderly woman to check up on her was reportedly beaten after expressing his dislike for the men's rather bold move.
"A dem man deh run di place still eno so one day wi jus hear seh dem seh dem a guh run di yard. One yute tek it up pon himself fi tell dem seh dem cyaa do dat and dem beat him," another resident,Para Chute, explained.
THE WEEKEND STAR did not get a chance to speak with the men, but a number of residents who were contacted via telephone spoke highly of them.
"At first, people did all want call police but everybody a big dem up now," Sandwich said.
According to the residents, the men wash, cook and clean for the woman and even take her to church every Sunday morning.
They also say other people from the community still visit her and she seems quite contented and not troubled by the idea that the men who take care of her are known thugs.
"People still look fi her regular and ting cause a whole heap a years she live here, so she well respected. As far as me know, she love di yute dem, she say dem deal wid har good and she nuh have no problem wit dem," said Chute.
The Portland police say they are not aware of such a case but admit it sounded like a touching story. Nevertheless, they say, the good deeds of the men will not do much for them if they become targets of the police.
"I personally have not heard of it but it sounds like something to check out. Let's just hope that these men are not involved in activities that will make them persons of interest to us," a detective constable from the division said.
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Residents of a community in Portland are singing the praises for a group of known thugs who live with and care for an elderly blind woman.
THE WEEKEND STAR learnt that the group of three men took over a four-bedroom house in which the 85-year-old woman lives after her grandson migrated to the United States sometime last year.
It is said that he begged other persons from the community to help take care of her, promising that he would send money whenever she needed it.
However, a few months after he left, they stopped hearing from him and calls to his cellphone are still going unanswered.
"A we use to take care of her but few months after her grandson leave di yute dem take ova di place ... . At first, we did mad bout it but wi realise seh dem actually a tek care of di lady ...,"Julie Sandwich, a resident of the community said.
THE WEEKEND STAR was told that the men had simply declared one day that they would be living at the house.
One young man who would normally have visited the elderly woman to check up on her was reportedly beaten after expressing his dislike for the men's rather bold move.
"A dem man deh run di place still eno so one day wi jus hear seh dem seh dem a guh run di yard. One yute tek it up pon himself fi tell dem seh dem cyaa do dat and dem beat him," another resident,Para Chute, explained.
THE WEEKEND STAR did not get a chance to speak with the men, but a number of residents who were contacted via telephone spoke highly of them.
"At first, people did all want call police but everybody a big dem up now," Sandwich said.
According to the residents, the men wash, cook and clean for the woman and even take her to church every Sunday morning.
They also say other people from the community still visit her and she seems quite contented and not troubled by the idea that the men who take care of her are known thugs.
"People still look fi her regular and ting cause a whole heap a years she live here, so she well respected. As far as me know, she love di yute dem, she say dem deal wid har good and she nuh have no problem wit dem," said Chute.
The Portland police say they are not aware of such a case but admit it sounded like a touching story. Nevertheless, they say, the good deeds of the men will not do much for them if they become targets of the police.
"I personally have not heard of it but it sounds like something to check out. Let's just hope that these men are not involved in activities that will make them persons of interest to us," a detective constable from the division said.
http://www.jamaica-star.com/thestar/...ews/news2.html
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