The bloody room where a man ran for refuge after he was chopped repeatedly.
Police have detained one person in connection with a grisly chopping incident in a house in Bexon, Castries on Saturday, April 25.
Ryan ‘Fret’ Frederick, 38, of Bexon was chopped all over his body with a cutlass at about 11:45 a.m. during an altercation with another male, the Press Office of the Royal St. Lucia Police Force has confirmed.
Frederick sustained wounds to his head, fingers, back and hands. He sustained a fractured skull and was admitted at Victoria Hospital. He is scheduled to undergo surgery.
A Bexon resident told St. Lucia News Online (SNO) that the fight was between “two close friends”.
Frederick was allegedly chopped by the man he accused of stealing a television (TV).
“The one that chopped him stole the [victim’s] family TV and he (the victim) asked him about the TV and he chopped him in the head and arm,” the resident.
Another resident, who claimed to be on the location before and during the chopping, gave SNO a full account of what occurred that Saturday morning.
“The attacker [allegedly] stole a TV from a relative of Frederick (the victim). Frederick’s relative told him to finish with that because the man accused of stealing the television said he would bring back the TV, but Frederick didn’t listen.
“He went ahead and run behind the guy. So the guy who chopped him came up the road at a house. He was sitting on the balcony and Frederick passed and saw him. Frederick turned around and came back behind the guy.
“When I came back outside…. I heard the guy accused of stealing the TV saying ‘cool out, cool out’ but I was told that Frederick had already knocked the guy and fly his hat. He said cool out a couple times then I just saw him (the one accuse of stealing) pull out his cutlass and started giving Frederick pah cutla in his head, then I saw blood start splashing all over. Frederick ran inside to escape but he couldn’t.”
The eyewitness said the wounds inflicted on Frederick were serious.
“I was actually seeing his skull, like a big piece of skin just drop and you seeing inside,” the eyewitness said.
Residents claimed that Frederick pushed the accused to his limits.
“And he (Frederick) is infirm (unwell). How can you push speed and you infirm in one hand? They don’t think before they react,” one resident said.
A police source said one individual is in custody assisting with the investigation. He faces a charge of grievous harm.
