An­na-Lisa Paul

Se­nior Re­porter

an­na-lisa.paul@guardian.co.tt

Al­though Tim­o­thy Sut­ton had his ways, he didn’t de­serve to be killed in the man­ner he was.

This, from his fam­i­ly who are mourn­ing the death of a man they claimed “was more of a home child.”

Sut­ton, 26, of Coalmine, San­gre Grande, was re­port­ed­ly shot around 2.30 pm last Thurs­day, as he was talk­ing to a friend.

The body of the mar­ket ven­dor, who was un­mar­ried and had no chil­dren, was found a short while lat­er in some near­by bush­es, with what ap­peared to be stab wounds to the up­per back.

Re­ports in­di­cate that Sut­ton was talk­ing to a friend when the two were ap­proached by a masked gun­man who fired on them.

As the friend ran off and raised an alarm, ex­plo­sions were heard and Sut­ton’s body was lat­er found a short dis­tance from his house.

Speak­ing with re­porters af­ter iden­ti­fy­ing Sut­ton’s body at the Foren­sic Sci­ence Cen­tre, St James, on Thurs­day, a fe­male rel­a­tive said his moth­er had been ex­pe­ri­enc­ing flash­backs to when his fa­ther was killed eight years ago in a sim­i­lar man­ner.

She de­nied know­ing why any­one would want Sut­ton dead.

And while the fam­i­ly has been plunged in­to grief fol­low­ing Sut­ton’s death, the woman said they had been hit by a dou­ble wham­my, as Sut­ton’s un­cle had al­so died from can­cer whilst in­car­cer­at­ed.

She ad­mit­ted that Sut­ton had his ways but said he was nev­er dis­re­spect­ful.

She claimed, “He was a nice, lov­ing boy in the com­mu­ni­ty.”