Bar owner arrested after wounding American tourist
BVI News understands that a well-known bar owner was recently arrested and charged after stabbing a tourist who patronised his business.
It’s understood that the American tourist entered the bar at Smuggler’s Cove Beach and ordered a drink. After paying for the drink, the tourist reportedly asked for his change, which the bar owner refused to give.
It’s understood that the bar owner got visibly upset as the visitor continued to ask for his change, but eventually handed over the cash after a heated verbal exchange.
Some time later, eyewitnesses say they observed the same tourist in Cane Garden Bay with blood on his neck and hand. Further checks revealed that the bar owner stabbed the visitor in the neck and other parts of his body. The tourist was taken to the hospital for medical treatment while his travel partner reportedly contacted the police.
Our news centre was not able to ascertain the seriousness of the man’s injuries.
It’s also understood that police conducted investigations — reviewing CCTV footage and questioning eyewitnesses before they went in search of the business owner.
Sources say the suspect had blood on his hands when the police finally caught him and took him into custody. He was formally charged with wounding but was later released on bail. BVI News was unable to confirm the exact amount of his bail.
In the meantime, it’s unclear whether the visitor has left the territory and whether he will attend court when the suspect appears in the Magistrate’s Court in a few weeks.
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So, we are attacking tourist now, what has the BVI really come too, this business needs to lose its license and never get it back.
for this privileged bar owner who stabbed a paying customer. This incident is not good press for the BVI, taxis and Cane Garden Bay where lots of cruise ship passengers visit this beach.
Wtf
Pure F’ry going on in this place.
No, I say arrest the government!! They know that that sycopath had many life threatening issues with tourist and locals forever. They allowed him to operate on that beach that is partially isolated to emergency help. The people who live there must be flying a red flag!!
This isn’t the first time for that bar owner. He has assaulted people with weapons before. He needs a mental health facility.
How can this danger to the public be out on bail. What is wrong with our justice system. Friends in high places? Family?
The bar owner is a na**y piece of work who is frequently rude and aggressive with persons using the beach.
Lock him up.
I’m sure he was just showing Bvi love
He will get bail to do it again cuz that’s also Bvi love
My I would have give the man the drink and his money back, now yo killer on real ice now u need to to kill for a drink my God, u make your bed now lay in it, dumb move
I believe it. He is extremely rude. People like him has no business owning any business. That man threatened my life because I asked him for directions!!!
My dawgs them hungry already
Terrible advertisement for the bvi this bar owner is known to be violent , he should be made to close down the bar.
Number1 on tripadvisor,cooking top notch lunches and the best tropical drinks,saving drownining white people life,giving them free food and drinks when they only have cards,have people calling me NIGGA on ocation. All you local white people with the negative narrative just go back where you come from or go st thomas and leave us alone. Take a look and see who am catering for 17 years it people like you.
Thank you. There’s always 2 or three sides to every story. Some of these tourists frig you up
They should close down his bar. He’s crazy. You hear of so many incidents down there.
Go back home expats you making it bad for all the other white people and also take the jamaican bar off smugglers with you.
Is this the young man that prays on white females? Had a green pick up? Is nasty bad and I refuse to serve him.
His bar is illegal.
They were sent at my bar with an agenda to make trouble and those cocain using white and right trio( in whichen i found out later)extorted $200 from the barman or else they would have broken up a fun time with 15 loving white people at the bar,yes i said it ,they knew my name,my expensive prices,they knew about my chair prices wow and am stupid thinking they are just tourist. We had a great time until 4:30 when they came in,so if this was a plan the tortolian off smugglers and have the jamaican bar to remain there tell your cronnies of your circle NEVER PUT YOUR KNEE IN THE NECK AND EXTORT A HARD WORKING LOCAL MAN AND TRY TO HARM HIM DEADLY IN HIS HOME.
Any visiting tourist that is visiting the area, for your safety, please stay away from patronizing the said establishment. Due to this incident and what transpired over the weekend, my family and I will no longer be visiting the British Virgin Islands on vacation.
Two sides to a story! Some tourist are rude disrespectful and untitled.. the minute you don’t bow down to them they find the worst to say.. this goes for the whites that live on the island.. keep that behaviour where you come from