In St Kitts and Nevis news. BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – A former inmate of Her Majesty’s Prison, who was exonerated of the charge laid against him, has alleged that many atrocities were meted out to Glen Webbe prior to his death in the correctional facility.
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The former inmate, who has since returned to his homeland, claims that he was a witness to many inhumane acts perpetrated against the dead man. “Mr. Webbe died in front of my eyes. He had complained multiple times of feeling unwell three days prior to his death. Every day when he had the opportunity, he asked me and an officer to get him to the hospital. He was in pain and felt bad. I asked the officers multiple times to assist Mr. Webbe, but they said he was faking. But, looking at him, he must have been the best Hollywood actor if that was faking,” the former inmate said.
The former inmate declared that he was a privileged prisoner on remand awaiting trial and was the assistant to the person in charge of the prison’s cafeteria as well as taking meals three times per day to Webbe.
He alleges that the day before Webbe’s death, he (Webbe) was handcuffed and placed in the sun for some hours. “The day prior to his death, they handcuffed him on a bench in direct sunlight for four hours and he didn’t move or said anything. Scary sight! I argued with an officer that they should do something about his situation, but was told to be quiet.”
The former inmate also alleges that on the day Webbe died, a certain Prison Officer had been cruel to him. “The day he died, Prison Officer (name provided) was well aware of the bad situation and took him outside of his cell at the Condemn Block around two or three o’clock in the morning to the front of Cell Number One. He was handcuffed. He was lying on the concrete until I brought him a blanket at 6:00 am.
“I served breakfast around 7:00 a.m. and noticed that he seemed really sick, but much worse than the forgoing days.” Dirty or Make Eye (name given at birth provided) made and brought him some bush tea minutes before his death. “I again told the officers to do something and then Webbe made a few guttural noises and died. He died with his eyes open…so quite scary to look at!”
The former inmate also alleges that an officer, upon realisation that Webbe had no pulse, informed his superiors and they summoned an ambulance.
“After he died and Prison Officer (name provided) noticed he didn’t have a pulse, they called an ambulance. And in an effort to say they did what they could to prevent his death, they locked everyone into their cell. I was in Cell One and he died in front of it, so I saw everything after I had to go inside”
“I was the first out since I had to get someone to clean after he died on the ground. I had that responsibility as well as assisting running Commissary (Cafeteria),” the former inmate said.
According to the former inmate, the Superintendent of Prison might not have been aware of the atrocities meted out to Webbe. Webbe, who was on remand at HMP for being armed with an offensive weapon, was said to have been the man whom the operator of Tangerine Tours, Christian ‘Trini’ Rameshwar, had observed using an ice pick to puncture the front tyre of his taxi truck on the morning of Friday 12 August 2013. He died on Wednesday 9 September 2013.
According to sources close to the prison, “Webbe, who is an alleged drug addict, was this morning complaining about abdominal pain and suddenly fell down and died.” Speaking with SKN Vibes at the time, Superintendent of Prisons Franklin Dorset confirmed that Webbe had suddenly taken ill and died. Following his death, a police press release stated:
“On Monday 9 September 2013, an autopsy was performed on the body of the late Glen Webbe, who was at the time of his death an inmate at Her Majesty’s Prison, by the Resident Pathologist, Dr. Dora Marina. The autopsy result revealed that the cause of death was medical in nature.”
SKN Vibes has however since learnt that the cause of the 31-year-old’s death was due to Generalised Sepsis and Purulent Peritonitis (Severe Perforated Peptic Ulcer).
By Stanford Conway, SKNVibes.com
