The man who was strangled to death on Saturday night on Church Street, Queenstown, Georgetown, after being involved in a fight with another man has been identified as 32-year-old Jason Jabharry Bowen.
According to Police, at about midday on Monday, his mother, Ingrid Bowen, who is a security guard, identified his body. The Police said that the woman related that her son lives at Camp Street, Georgetown.
On Saturday night, at about 21:38h, Jason Jabharry Bowen and a 24-year-old male of A Field Sophia were involved in a scuffle when the suspect wrapped a belt around the man’s neck and proceeded to strangle him.
Public-spirited persons who witnessed the altercation rushed to render assistance but by then, it was too late. The man was dead while the murder suspect attempted to flee the scene.
However, persons managed to grab onto the assailant and restrain him. The police were called and he was handed over.
The dead man was found clad in short camouflage pants, a blue jersey and a pair of fawn-coloured “Clarks” footwear.
