BY MICHAEL MCLEAN, STAR Writer
A PRISONER AT the Santa Cruz police lockup, in St. Elizabeth, is now in fear of his life after he was allegedly attacked by a 'ghost' inside his jail cell recently.
The 'duppy attack' victim, Aurey Brown, 21, of Maggoty, St. Elizabeth, along with the two other prisoners who were inside the same cell, were all taken before the Santa Cruz Resident Magistrate's court last week, to tell their tale.
"I was inside the cell when I felt a duppy fighting with me, and then I started to cry for help," Brown told the court.
The other prisoners concurred with Brown's supernatural tale, telling the court that during the night they were awakened by loud cries and shouts for help. The prisoners claimed they saw their cell mate fighting his way out of a tangle with a "big white woman," who disappeared as they began shouting at it.
They say an alarm was made, and the cell guards came to their assistance. Brown, who was crying to be removed from the cell, was found with several long cuts across his back.
Brown, who was charged with felonious wounding, after he allegedly chopped his girlfriend during a dispute early this year, claims that the ghost was sent by relatives of his girlfriend, as revenge for his alleged attack.
"A me girlfriend father a do this to me, because him tell me se me nah go get weh with this," Brown told the court.
Whispers and comments of ridicule from skeptics in the courtroom were immediately silenced when Brown removed his shirt to reveal several long cuts to his back. After seeing the injuries, the court ordered that he get immediate medical attention.
Despite tears and pleas from Brown for him to be granted bail, RM Andrea Thomas denied his request and ruled that he remain in custody. He returns to court on July 24.
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