A teenager has been charged with the murder of 33-year-old Rodney Piper of Golden Grove, more than two years after a group of young men reportedly beat him to death following a dispute over a stolen phone.
Piper was reportedly attacked on September 9th, 2023, after he confronted a group of individuals he believed had stolen his phone. He was badly outnumbered and sustained injuries that left him in a coma. He was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit at the Sir Lester Bird Medical Centre, where he died eight days later on September 17th. A coroner’s jury subsequently ruled his death a murder.
In March this year an 18 year-old was charged with his murder but since he was a minor at the time of the alleged offence he is being treated as a minor. He was remanded to prison but was granted bail in the High Court on April 1.
Treating like like a minor. Thats the shit I hate. He commit murder, kill somebody but you charging him as a damn child. He do the crime let him do the time too
He was granted bail to kill someone else. Our system sucks!
If it were my family mr killed that would be a whole different ballgame
Young people will continue to commit crime knowing no law can hold them back
Vigilante justice will never end as long as we have a flawed legal system like the one in this shithole country called Antigua