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Kitty teen stabbed to death on seawall

Nov 05, 2010 News

– One assailant nabbed under bed, other in cupboard

The Diwali Motorcade celebrations ended in tragedy for one family last night after a Kitty teenager was stabbed to death on the seawall.
Dead is Dwayne Durant, 18, of Gordon Street, Kitty.
Durant’s attackers, believed to be two brothers and said to be in their teens, were captured by police hiding in their Garnett Street home, about two hours after the killing. One was hiding under a bed, while another was in a cupboard, police sources said last night.
According to Kijanna Wharton, a friend of Durant who was with him at the time of the incident, around 21:30hrs, Durant, himself and another friend, were walking just east of Sheriff Street on the seawall.
They were approached by three persons, including the two who were later captured.
According to Wharton, the assailants were known to them since they were involved in an altercation two months ago.
“We thought that was finished. This man come up to us and ask we if we looking for them and if is trouble we want,” Wharton said.
One of the teenagers in Durant’s group apparently threw a punch at the others and one of them fell over the seawall in the ensuing scuffle. Durant was also pushed over the seawall onto the rocks and it was during this time that the person who was there pulled out what was described as long knife and stabbed him in his neck.
“The knife went deep in he neck. Meh other friend also get juk up. He in de hospital.”
The three attackers immediately ran away.
Wharton said they attempted to secure a vehicle to take Durant to the hospital but no one stopped.
As a last resort, they reportedly placed him on the middle of the northern carriageway of the East Coast Public Road where a Rav 4 eventually pulled up and took him to the Georgetown Hospital. However, it was too late for the teenager who would have celebrated his 19th birthday on December 4.
Police later went to a Garnett Street house in Newtown, where they found the teenaged suspects hiding. Their mother reportedly also handed over a knife that was suspected to have been used in the murder.
The two suspects were taken to the Kitty Police Station.

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