The family of Seon Clarke, who is a suspected victim of a vigilante killing at Pearl, East Bank Demerara, has refuted reports in the press that he was involved in criminal activities and wants the police to conduct a thorough investigation to find the person responsible for his death.
Police had said that Clarke, whom they said was known as ‘Cash Money,’ of Old Road, Land of Canaan, was shot and killed and his friend was beaten by residents at Pearl, after the proprietor of a shop noticed the two men acting suspiciously around his business on Saturday. However, his grandmother, Margaret Davis, yesterday told Stabroek News during an interview that her grandson does not go by the alias “Cash Money” and had never had brushes with the law. She added that the name of Clarke’s father is Andre Clarke and not Godfrey Clarke as was reported in the press, including by Stabroek News. “I don’t know who Godfrey Clarke is and I don’t know who this Cash Money is,” a still in disbelief Davis said.
The information provided by the police was inaccurate, leading to Clarke being misidentified. As a result, Godfrey Clarke, believing it was his son who was fatally shot, told reporters that his son, Seon Clarke, had brushes with the law and was recently released from jail in relation to a simple larceny charge.
