Cops save alleged double murderer from angry mob
AS news spread of the macabre double killing of a woman and her mother by the woman’s boyfriend in Temple Hall, St Andrew yesterday, residents of the community grew irate and soon an angry mob surrounded the death house in the district baying for blood.Observer.Related story:Mother, daughter hacked to death
But quick action from the St Andrew North police prevented any harm coming to the accused man.
“The people surrounded the house and were ready to burn it down. They were about to cut off the grille and go inside for the man when we arrived on the scene. If we did not act quickly there would be another murder,” Deputy Superintendent in charge of crime for the division told the
The dead women have been identified as 66-year-old Euciline Gordon and her daughter Topozion Gordon, 28, a sales clerk.
Police have withheld the identity of the accused man pending further investigations. He is reportedly being investigated for several incidents of robbery that have occurred in the community, police say.
The man reportedly used a knife and a pick axe to carry out the gruesome murders.
