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Friday, May 30, 2025

Watchman found dead after night shift

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Sascha Wilson
811 days ago
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The security booth on the compound of Universal Projects Ltd at Balmain Road, Couva where watchman Edwin Simon was found dead

The security booth on the compound of Universal Projects Ltd at Balmain Road, Couva where watchman Edwin Simon was found dead

A watch­man who worked the night shift at a busi­ness place in Cou­va was found dead in the se­cu­ri­ty booth this morn­ing.

63-year-old Ed­win Si­mon al­so known as "Li­on" of Clax­ton Bay was tied up on the floor of the booth at Uni­ver­sal Projects Ltd at Bal­main Road.

His body was dis­cov­ered by an em­ploy­ee who ar­rived to work around 7.15 am.

Si­mon's feet were bound and his hands were be­hind his back. The booth was ran­sacked and items were bro­ken. Si­mon had be­gun his shift around 6 pm yes­ter­day. ASP Ablacks­ingh, In­sp Dood­nath, Sgt Howard and of­fi­cers of Cou­va Po­lice were at the scene.

In­ves­ti­ga­tions are con­tin­u­ing.

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