Homeless gays accused of Megamart employee murder

Here we are again this old familiar place and yet another matter that just brings the whole ugly business of homeless MSM/Trangender issues front and centre. Now that the elections are on the way this has to come to light.

A 27-year-old Megamart employee was killed while on his way home from work on Thursday, February 25 earlier today. On the morning after employees of Megamart were clearly upset as reported to me by colleagues who visited the store; staff were livid that the 'homosexuals nearby' had killed their co-worker in an over heard conversation.

Further inquiries revealed the murder and there was talk of a removal yet again by cops and the authorities with only one ended on January 9 by the Kingston & St Andrew Co-operation, KSAC alongside police.
The deceased, identified as Nicholas Beadle, is said to have taken a shortcut path in the area of West King’s House road, where it is alleged that a group of four men attacked him, stabbing him several times.

Beadle died while receiving treatment in the hospital.

Megamart director of operations, Omar Azan reportedly said that he is saddened by the death of the employee and that Megamart has been cooperating with the police.

The Half-Way Tree police are currently investigating the matter.

According to a Megamart employee, who spoke to another outlet on condition of anonymity, staff at the company’s Waterloo location have been threatened by a group of men who had been banned from the store due to their unruly and vulgar behaviour.

However, Azan said he is unaware of the alleged threat.

A candle light ceremony was held for Beadle on Wednesday night. He was remembered as being a kind-hearted person.

This case is a chicken and egg situation to me as there have been reports and a reported video footage of an unprovoked encounter with the homeless MSM who live or pass through the open lot known as the cholera cemetary; there has been a tense situation for some time now with clashes both outside and instore as well.

Previous posts such as:

Gay Men Accused of making pass at Man at Mega Mart, Police Cools Tense Standoff

Gay man gets six months for shoplifting at Megamart 

have not helped their image and as more join the group it is becoming untenable. Only January we saw a removal exercise and such on the opposite side of the area behind the Canadian embassy. 

please see: Mutabaruka: JFLAG & gov’t should do more for homeless gays, conflates abuse with homophobia and 

"DVD Reveller" still displaced? part 2 It is clear that the powerful and resourced NGOs are not interested in any meaningful way even after 7 years of the closure of the only residency albeit a pilot no proper response has come since; one wonders why we keep seeing these incidents coming to the fore.

Colour Pink training in January in Montego Bay

one suspect (top) named is a Mr. Marlando Orlando Ricketts otherwise called F*ckiesha a past student of Calabar High School. Residents complained that men reportedly stayed on the lot to terrorize, rob and prostitute themselves but did not permanently live there. They were said to come and go at intervals because they do have homes. Please help to assist the police in locating these men.

The little tokenism and workshops being shown as solutions obviously is not even close to deal with the size and scope of the problem. 

Sigh, it is really hard to watch and fathom how the least amongst us are just that the least. Condolences to the family of Mr Beadle and it is sad that this is where we are at again with the unwarranted loss of life.

This blog is replete with reports on how we have travelled on this subject from 2009; see the Homeless MSM tab immediately below or here (newer posts will appear first including this one)

Lastly the guys have relocated or at least some of them to a new spot:

Peace & tolerance

H