Thursday, March 10, 2016

JUDGE AWARDED VICTIM $400,255.77 BUT SHOOTER REFUSED TO PAY UP!

Written by CLAIRON HAYNES
In the wee hours of the morning Wednesday March 9, 2016 I woke and, as is my habitual ritual, tuned into HOT 97 (ONE OF SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES RADIO STATIONS) to hear the shocking plight of Miss KAREN JOHN of St. Vincent and the Grenadines who lost her RIGHT ARM  as a result of being SHOT with a firearm by DAVID DEBIQUE. In 2014 the case was brought to the HIGH COURT in SVG in which the judge has ruled in favour of Miss John and has ordered the perpetrator to pay her the sum of EC ($400,255.77) in compensation. According to Miss John it is two years now since she did not receive any payment! I am calling on the GOVERNMENT and people of SVG to look into this matter soonest!

KAREN CALLED INTO HOT 97 ON THE AMMAYHEM with host CHRIS AND KUBIYASHI to clear the air and to debunk the LIES that Mr. DEBIQUE has been spreading in relation to having paid her the money owing to her.
LISTEN TO VIDEO BELOW! 

 THE STORY BEHIND THIS CASE
Karen was working at a BAR in 2006 when she was shot. She can recall looking at a game of pool when DAVID DEBIQUE started firing shots in the bar. Earlier David was heard telling someone in the building that "HE FELT LIKE SHOOTING SOMEONE" AT THAT SAID MOMENT," and unfortunately the BULLET was lodged into KAREN'S RIGHT SHOULDERS. Karen was immediately rushed to the KINGSTOWN GENERAL HOSPITAL for urgent medical attention and spent a while there as a patient nursing this wound that could have taken her life HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THE GRACE OF ALMIGHTY GOD. After her release her arm got worse. To prevent further medical complication that could have potentially been detrimental to her health, she was sent to TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO for further medical assistance TWICE in an effort to try and save her arm. 

 Although this trip to T&T proved to do some good it was not sufficient to save her arm. A while after returning to SVG she went to see DR. WOOD who discovered that the ARM SEEMED TO HAVE APPEARED DARK IN COLOUR and so he was forced to AMPUTATE it to save her life.

The procedure was successfully completed but unfortunately the BULLET is still in her body. This is the best the doctor can do because the bullet went all the way into her BONE and if it is removed it may be medically risky. According to Karen she does not feel any pain under normal circumstances but if someone hits the hand directly she may feel lil SHOCKS but nothing to cause alarm. ALL PRAISES AND GLORY TO GOD FOR BRINGING HER THIS FAR!

WHAT HAS LED TO KAREN BRINGING THE MEDIA ON BOARD TO GET HER STORY OUT TO THE PUBLIC?

Well as you may have read earlier in this article DAVID DIBIQUE has been telling persons that HE HAS ALREADY SETTLED HIS DEBT WITH KAREN. Sometime ago she was approached by a MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT at the school where she is a vendor and was informed that the perpetrator is allegedly SEEKING LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO GET HIS FIREARMS BACK. "DID YOU PAY THE YOUNG LADY WHOM YOU INJURED HER MONEY?" "Yes," said the perpetrator. It was then that Karen realized that she needed to clear the air and tell her side of the story to put to rest this contradiction and distortion of the FACTS and so she did. The SEARCHLIGHT NEWSPAPER was the first media house to publish the story in their MID-WEEK issue dated Tuesday March 8, 2016. AMMAYHEM an early morning radio show that UPDATES THE NATION ON THE HOT TOPICS IN SVG joined the quest to bring this NEWS WORTHY story to the public.

WHAT HAS HER LAWYER DONE TO HELP THIS DELAY IN HER FINANCIAL SETTLEMENT FROM DAVID DEBIQUE?

 Attorney  at law MR. DWAYNE DANIEL has been hired to work on this case from since the inception of this legal battle. According to Karen steps are taken by him to file papers with the court to look into this matter.

As a BLOGGER this story immediately resonated with me when I heard it. I was upset and troubled deeply in my soul and felt so much empathy for this young lady. I reached out to her on FACEBOOK and was able to speak with her on the phone 6 hours after her story was aired on HOT 97 to get get details about her plight and her permission to publish it to my online audience in an effort to BRING IT TO THE AWARENESS OF THE VINCENTIANS AT HOME AND WITHIN THE DIASPORA who know nothing about this. The main purpose of this post is to HIGHLIGHT THE INJUSTICE IN OUR SOCIETY AND TO GET THE GOVERNMENT AND THE LEGAL FRATERNITY to GET ON BOARD AND HELP MISS JOHN GET HER MONEY FROM DAVID DEBIQUE.

MY PERSPECTIVE ON THE ISSUE
Why has this matter been allowed to get to this point after the JUDGE'S ruling 2 YEARS ago? Why is DAVID DEBIQUE walking the streets of SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES, allegedly PURCHASING a NEW JEEP (IN SOMEONE'S NAME TO DODGE HIS PAYMENTS TO KAREN) and has not paid a penny to this VICTIM who is SUFFERING??? Only in SVG THIS MADNESS CAN OCCUR?? Is our society one step back to worshiping the god called SOCIAL INJUSTICE? Has this situation been allowed to be swept under the rug because Karen comes from a POOR FAMILY and is not up in the social ranks of your society? If this had happen to a RICH OR "HIGH SOCIETY" person would the results have been the same??

Karen has shown RESILIENCY in the manner in which she has handled this heartbreaking situation. I have nothing but RESPECT and ADMIRATION for her as she chooses to live her life as a VICTOR who triumphs daily over the devil's attempt to imprison her happiness instead of being a VICTIM. As the old adage goes 'WHAT DOESN'T KILL YOU MAKES YOU STRONGER." This holds true for Karen. She demonstrates daily that SHE IS A FIGHTER who who certainly knows and practices the formula of LIVING HER BEST LIFE NOW as SHE REFUSES to let this disability IMPRISON HER SPIRIT! For this reason I believe that the GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE OF SVG owe it to her to HELP SECURE JUSTICE for her since she is NOT sitting by lazy and doing nothing to help herself. She is doing INCREDIBLY WELL "making LEMON AID" out of "the LEMONS" which life has throw to her on that almost fatal day at that bar in 2006.

How on earth  can a man shoot a woman, caused her to lose her RIGHT ARM thereby limiting her EARNING POWERS and her ability to take care of her 3 YOUNG CHILDREN, PAYING RENT AND NOT PAY HER WHAT IS OWING TO HER??

May this be a NATIONAL CRY for the poor and needy in SVG. 

PROPOSED SOLUTION
1. MR. DAVID DEBIQUE needs to sell his ASSETS and pay Karen what is owed to her. He broke the LAW and so finding the money is his problem NOT Karen's. 
2. David needs to be picked up by the POLICE of SVG and be put in JAIL until he can figure out how he will settle his debt. This will SEND A CLEAR MESSAGE TO THOSE WHO WANT TO USE FIREARM TO ENDANGER THE LIVES Of OTHERS that this unlawful behaviour WILL NOT BE TOLERATED! Our younger generation will learn a lifelong lesson vicariously from this situation that BREAKING THE LAW IS EQUAL TO PAYING HUGE SUMS OF MONEY SO THEY WILL THINK LONG AND HARD BEFORE THEY ACT. This is PROACTIVE SOLUTION at its best!
3. The GOVERNMENT of SVG needs to get on board and help seek justice for Karen.
4. There should be no IF or BUT used in any verbiage when it comes to dialogue relating to Karen getting paid. 

Violence in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines continues to increase at an alarming rate and I personally think that PUTTING PRESSURE on DAVID will definitely go a long way as a deterrent measure to lessen GUN VIOLENCE there.  Karen and her family are in my prayers for a speedy resolution. 

DON'T GIVE UP KAREN JOHN "FIGHT ON" God will fight your battle and BRING YOU YOUR JUSTICE IN DUE TIME!
FIGHT ON SAYS RASSUM SHALLOW
 

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