The deceased’s girlfriend and his 10 year-old son. * SNO photo.
The girlfriend of Lucius “Marcus” Laporte who was stabbed to death in Micoud, has described him as a “good Samaritan” and claims that his attacker would harass him.
Wilma Peter, in an exclusive interview with Saint Lucia News Online today, said to the New Village neighbourhood her boyfriend was known to always give a helping hand.
She said she is still trying to come to grips with her boyfriend’s death.
Peter told SNO that the man accused of stabbing her boyfriend this week once lived in the neighbourhood, and had previously stabbed Laporte.
The accused, Sammy Joseph is known to beg on the street corners, Peter said. According to her, Laporte would try to provide some assistance to the man.
“He has a soft heart, he use to see him there without food and he use to be cooking for him,” she stated.
The distraught woman said Sammy’s brother had beaten him badly, leaving him with bruises all over his body. She claimed Laporte had pleaded with his brother to stop beating Sammy. That incident was before Laporte was first attacked in 2012.
The woman told SNO that her husband’s first attack happened when Laporote, “heard somebody walking behind him and he turned and he saw that the man was aiming for his neck with a big knife. He said he swing but he was stabbed to his hands and it grazed his neck.”
Joseph was sentenced to three months in jail for this matter. Peter said he also spent another three months at the Mental Wellness Centre.
Peter also claimed Laporte had reported to police that he was being harassed by Joseph.
She recalled that her boyfriend had told her of an incident where he was driving on the Vieux Fort Highway and noticed someone flagging down his vehicle, but when he stopped he saw it was Joseph.
“Every time the fella would see my boyfriend on the road he would still try and attack him. I think he was out to get him, ’till he finally succeeded,” she told SNO. Peter is still questioning what wrong her boyfriend did.
Asked to describe her boyfriend, Peter said, “If you know him, he is the kind of person who is quite and he would answer you with a smile. He was a very nice person. He was cool, calm, down to earth, jovial and friendly. I cannot say anything bad about him; he never interfered with people or troubled people … He would burn CD’s and DVD’s for people and even worked as a part time Disc Jockey (DJ) for several parties of his friends and relatives for free,” she said .
Peter and Laporte lived together in their home. They have been together for almost two decades, and share a 10-year-old son.
Peter said she is now contemplating what she will do to earn a living since he was the breadwinner of the family. He also has a 16-year-old-son from another relationship.
Neighbours also described Laporte as amicable.