John Terry in Situational homosexuality?

Crime scene: Mr Terry was found in his bedroom at his home in Montego Bay

John Terry in Situational homosexuality?, so it seems, In an explosive article from British newspaper Mail Online author David Jones writes an extensive piece under the caption:

How murder of our gay man in Jamaica has exposed the double standards of the paradise island

He goes into some detail and refers to the home and quiet rural community of Mr. Terry as photographed above, he questions whether or not Mr. Terry had a secret gay life. He examines in some detail with the help of an alleged former lover of John Terry, the gay scene in Montego Bay and proceeds to describe the caustic reactions there to homosexuality. All in all it seems as a genuine article. Mr. Jones said he also managed to speak to a neighbour of Mr. Terry who regarded him with much admiration and doubted his homosexual romps when questioned by the reporter. There was a memorial service today for him, he will be cremated at a later date.

I had my doubts from very early that this was a hate crime, note found or not.

I am a bit concerned though that while the police investigations are proceeding Mr. Jones (article's writer) has already trying the case by releasing what could amount to relevant details or even interviewing a potential witness. Weh unu tink?

Here are some of the sections that grabbed me:

......... "the great and good of Jamaica will trek up a tortuous mountain road and file into a dilapidated little stone-built church to pay their last respects to Our Man in Montego Bay. According to his wishes, John Terry MBE will be cremated and his ashes scattered on his beloved island.
Given his elevated position, many expected the memorial service for Britain’s Honorary Consul — who was brutally murdered last Wednesday — to be staged in a more auspicious venue.
Speaking for the first time since her ex-husband was found bludgeoned and strangled at his home, Mr Terry’s second wife, Elizabeth, told me: ‘We deliberately chose a very simple place because it is a perfect reflection of the way he lived his life. John was a very simple man.’ "........

........."The only white man for miles around, he was accepted as an ‘honorary Jamaican’ for his readiness to muck in and help neighbours, whatever their problem.
He even spoke in the local patois, which he had perfected after 40 years on the island"........

........"His numerous male lovers included Desmond, now a 45-year-old Jamaican charity worker, who told me how he and ‘Mr John’ had been occasional partners for almost 30 years, having first met on a beach when Mr Terry was in his mid-30s, and Desmond was just 16.
‘When I opened the paper and saw he’d been murdered, I couldn’t believe it,’ said the slender, shaven-headed man, who asked not to be identified for fear that he might be targeted next.
Weeping, he added: ‘He was such a good person, so considerate, so stylish, with such great taste; and so entertaining when we went back to his house to fool around.'
It was all just fun. He never harmed anyone. Why would anyone want to do this to a man like Mr John?’
Desmond’s incomprehension is being echoed by everyone who knew the Honorary Consul. "......

........"According to his occasional lover, Desmond, however, he was part of a group of wealthy, white expats in Montego Bay who coveted the company of so-called ‘coconut Rastas’: a crude term for handsome, young Jamaican boyfriends who, like a coconut, were deemed to be black on the outside, but white on the inside.
The expats do not pay directly for the favours of these young men, whom they meet at known gay pick-up haunts, such as beaches and bars, but would buy expensive clothes, meals, and other gifts for them.
‘Sometimes these boys can cause a lot of trouble,’ said Desmond pointedly, pondering on the reason for Mr Terry’s murder.
‘They might start ringing their guy all the time, demanding more and more things, and if he refuses they will threaten to “out” him. It’s like blackmail,’ he added.
Occasionally, he said, some of the white ‘sugar daddies’ also venture along the so-called Hip Strip, a street of raucous bars and clubs where some male prostitutes are willing to risk a beating, or worse, by openly soliciting......"

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