Hopetown farmer burnt after villagers accuse him of co-operating with police

Trevor Jameer in hospital yesterday.

A West Coast Berbice cattle farmer is now hospitalized at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital after he was allegedly burnt by a villager who dubbed him a ‘traitor’ after he assisted police in removing the car torched following an accident earlier this month.

Trevor Jameer, 51, a cattle farmer of Hopetown Village, West Coast Berbice was attacked just around 7 am yesterday. He was rushed to the Fort Wellington Public Hospital after which he was transferred to the New Amsterdam Public Hospital.

A businessman’s car involved in an accident in Hopetown earlier this month which injured two persons, was torched by villagers and then pushed into a ditch.