Killing of mentally unstable man at BV still being investigated

Just over a week after a mentally unstable man was allegedly beaten to death by residents of the Canterbury Walk, Beterverwagting community, a senior police official said that no one has since been arrested in connection with the killing.

It was previously reported that on January 16, Jermaine Hamilton, 37, allegedly attacked a police officer who was on duty in the community with a cutlass.

It was further stated that after the commotion, villagers intervened and Hamilton was beaten to death.

Yesterday, a senior police official told this news paper that the police’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) along with the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) had launched an investigation into the murder and advice was also being