Man charged with attempted murder in Newtown incident

A video snapshot of the incident
A video snapshot of the incident

Thirty-year-old Mandella Gordon of Goodwill has been charged for the attempted murder of another man.

The incident took place in the vicinity of the Newtown Savannah on Saturday 31st October 2015 at about 6:00 am, according to the police.

According to Sergeant Pelham Jno Baptiste, of the Police Public Relations Committee, the police responded to a report of disorderly conduct at Newtown and upon arrival Dean Mitchel of Newtown was found with many serious wounds to his head and hands.

Mitchel was taken to the Princes Margaret Hospital (PMH) where he was examined by a medical doctor and admitted.

On Monday 2nd November 2015, Gordon was arrested and charged with the attempted murder of Mitchel.

A video of the incident, which is circulating on social media, shows Gordon viciously attacking Mitchel with a cutlass.

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67 Comments

  1. dady b
    November 6, 2015

    I let people look at the movie and told me that they donot want to see what DA looking.like thats bad for.DA. de police need to be bad like green police and robow cup the court nid to put up some had mesars like ten years for having any wepion twenty years for using.it and five year for.the courts time i am in the stat and that cant hapen. if u stab someone with apin u may take life time yes it is time that dose thing stop give robow cup bake his job let him work that man can do it

  2. dady b
    November 6, 2015

    someone should replace ufourllow and i am thinking of it

  3. November 6, 2015

    DNO refused to post my comment in response to an earlier article on this matter. My remarks involved a scathing critique of the Uneducated Wicked People in opposition and their introduction of violence in our society. Yet, to all the peace-loving and God-fearing Dominicans who recall the failed attempt to overthrow our precious Labour Government that occured in Salisbury, you know well what I am speaking about. Yet, DNO refused to allow me to make the connections between the Uneducated Wicked People and the spirit of division, hatred and violence that they have brought into society since their embarrassing loss at the polls last December. DNO you cannot suppress what is right in front of people’s eyes. Labourites will not be intimidated by your one sided bias and the protection of your favored party. Labourites will continue to speak the truth…ALWAYS!!!

  4. Sigh
    November 6, 2015

    NO AMOUNT OF BEEF/HARASSMENT/TORTURE GIVES HIM THE RIGHT TO ATTEMPT TO TAKE SOMEONES LIFE!!
    If he was being harassed, he should do the mature thing and report it or walk away.
    Not saying the other man was right to harass him, but that is not the way to respond/behave either.
    I will pray for the both of them.

  5. hmmm
    November 6, 2015

    NO AMOUNT OF BEEF/HARASSMENT/TORTURE GIVES HIM THE RIGHT TO ATTEMPT TO TAKE SOMEONES LIFE!!
    If he was being harassed, he should do the mature thing and report it or walk away.
    Not saying the other man was right to harass him, but that is not the way to respond/behave either.

  6. November 6, 2015

    This is barbaric but no one in their good mind will ever do such a thing without any valuable reason,i know a wrong will never make a right but how many of us can control ourselves when our cup over flows?very few of us can..The victim who is on the ground killed someone many years aback when i lived at goodwill,he walk out freely due to his young age,he was never placed in any institution to be followed up by any specialist,,the victim was a serious trouble maker,he had no respect for any one no matter young sick or old..i am not surprised at all that one day either he would kill again or someone would kill him,a young man from the south cut his mother’s fingers,he was never held accountable by the law,he walked out freely , killed a young man and again he walked out freely,,people who decides to be criminals the gov’t should deal with them firmly,in order to protect others and to avoid such crimes…

  7. corolla ae91
    November 6, 2015

    all of them doing like they was der just spreading kenny g name and doing like de media and da law and just giving their own new and missing eices of de story smh for dominicans

  8. Strong
    November 6, 2015

    This is an evil act against a human being… To make a long story short, this guy should feel the full force of the law.. he deserve a life sentence or some harsh punishment. . He really was trying to kill someone with a cutlass . .. he is a wicked disgraced young man who must never see day light again .. lock him uppppp. To much slackness in Dominica….
    Can you believe lawyers going to plead his cause?
    Dominica needs a special prison way in the bush so as to teach these monsters a lesson… look at the devil in black and white… just lock this guy up quickk….
    In a case like this , when the police show such guys no mercy ….teach him a hard lesson…
    Part of his punishment should be to go all over Dominica talking against violence n bad temper…

  9. The Real Facts
    November 5, 2015

    This man has no respect for others, for their well-being and life. He just does not care. He is a bad man, a dangerous person. People should be afraid of him. The best place for him is in prison.

  10. THIS IS THE LAND OFF MY BIRTH
    November 5, 2015

    :mrgreen:

  11. hmm
    November 5, 2015

    so many people talking he can pay for wat he break dominica to one side hear to side of a story before allu open ur mouths an talk free my nigga santana

  12. November 5, 2015

    Excuse me, I not seeing d vid na. And I vex! But I see it on d news jus now dre

  13. forreal
    November 5, 2015

    dominica have isis non?

  14. oui
    November 5, 2015

    This is so sad. You that’s how we have become in Dominica? Public butchering of our citizens? wow!

  15. Jimmy
    November 5, 2015

    Unbelievable

  16. Kenny g
    November 5, 2015

    Boy all of allu that calling Kenney g dre watch allu self

  17. original fatboy
    November 5, 2015

    what is my country coming to?

  18. Bakesman
    November 5, 2015

    Doe put kenny g name in allu mouth yh… allu dominicans too bamcy

  19. Bolo
    November 5, 2015

    Chapping*

  20. Adrian
    November 5, 2015

    Smh….. A cutlass man…. Brutal.

  21. DonK
    November 5, 2015

    You think this guy would just pull out his cutlass and start attacking the man for no reason??

    So ready to throw away the key on the man with the cutlass, but tell me what course of action anyone of us would take if we had repeatedly been tormented by this individual and the law does nothing, and he feels he ‘bad’ and that you ‘fraid’ him so he can walk all over u and your family at will. That he can just touch your wife or your child and throw threats left and right and center, and u tired of making reports and nothing happens.

    So he assaults u and u pull out your tool and put 2 bullet in him and now everyone on your case saying that you are evil and dont have no heart ?

    I’m not saying this is what transpired but we are very quick to assume things with little or no evidence. Everybody has a breaking point and the feller with the cutlass had reached his.

    • The Real Facts
      November 5, 2015

      There obviously was a reason. After reading this shocking news, the following day I spoke to someone in D/ca about those two shocking incidents, the one where the woman died and this one. I was informed what occurred to cause them.
      Whatever the reason, consider, did he have the right to bludgeon the man? What if the man dies? He will be charged for manslaughter/murder.
      Will the man recover fully from this vicious attack? The attacker could also be sued.
      Some people cannot discuss or argue without pulling out a weapon. No one should condone this man.
      Know that words could also lead to attacks, injuries and deaths. Therefore, caution, watch what you state. It is better to walk away from a heated argument if it is felt it may lead to that. In this case, it appeared the victim did not stand a chance to run away. The poor man.

    • Really?
      November 6, 2015

      Well honey I know what happened, and yes the guy was upset, but also drunk and he is the one that thinks he’s bad and that everyone should be afraid of him. So his barbaric actions were not called for. He went to the extreme. That is not one hashay. That is attempting to kill.

  22. sexy girl
    November 5, 2015

    This guy don’t deserve to be beaten like this but some years ago I recall that same dean Mitchell an his brother killed a guy in new town by the bay but because he was too young he went without punishment an the guy they kill was a wonderful guy he had done no harm to them he was just chilling by the bay an this guy an his brother took a rock an burst the innocent guy upside his head an kill him so maybe his time has come to feel the same pain I no dean an his family sorry that had to happen to him.

    • Victim
      November 5, 2015

      Whether or not he had an incident in his younger years, this incident is totally different.

    • observer
      November 5, 2015

      So true! I would’ve done the same thing…not taking chances on a man that kill already….kill once you’ll kill again

  23. allinda
    November 5, 2015

    Lock him up and throw the keys aways. Any human being that could stand over a man and hit him with a cutlass over and over is deemed to be a monster. I hope he gets no bail, and hope his sentence is life with no probation. And all the accomplice should be charged with some type of assult. And to be people who who said we don’t know the whole story, it still doesn’t give him nor anyone else the rights to assult someone to the point where they almost die. (Attempt murder) too many young lives getting killed over foolishness that’s y they need to make him an example. THROW THE KEYS AWAY..

  24. November 5, 2015

    All you so fake I really hate a lot of Dominicans cuz if it was Alu you would do the same my cousin was in his car n de man send a bicycle in his window after they already had a problem before…..so the man was right for wat he did???? Ooh yes is dominica law is only of some!!! Right is right worng is worng!!!Allana abraham dats my name cuz I know somebody wii cum at me ??

    • Victim
      November 5, 2015

      Waant police around that he could alert of what happened? Don’t he have insurance? If not, he need to get bc that’s what insurance is there for. So don’t talk abt fake. If it was somebody else he won’t do that

    • judge
      November 5, 2015

      Allana Abraham jackass 2 wrong cah make a right, revenge is not ours to take the life of another

    • November 5, 2015

      Wat s hell is ur problem???? SOME PEOPLE ARE SO DAMN IGNORANT EHHHHH!!

      • November 5, 2015

        Ooh that was to # Alana

    • The Real Facts
      November 5, 2015

      Do the police authorities not state to nationals, never take the matter into your hands? Some people will still do the opposite.
      Telephone the police and report the incident. Lodge a complaint, a case against the perpetrator.
      Some people need to learn a good lesson. This may be the only lesson troublemakers could learn and by spending some time in prison where hopefully they will be rehabilitated.

    • corolla ae91
      November 6, 2015

      doe fraid my girl tey doing like they was der i was der and i see everything and tito was right we come from laplaine to free up we didnt come for problem and mista insisted is problem he want with tito cause we tell tito lets come out der and tito was driving away wen mista bust his glass with a bicycle frame

  25. real deal
    November 5, 2015

    It is so sad to see people recording incidents like that on their phone just to publicize rather than trying to stop the victim from being hurt or killed.

    • Phillip Joseph
      November 5, 2015

      If it wasn’t for the video, they would most likely never catch him

    • hmm
      November 5, 2015

      Are you serious? you would stop an angry man with a cutlass? ridiculous!!!

    • The Real Facts
      November 5, 2015

      Or telephone the police. They are curiosity seekers.
      If they failed to do that, they are also responsible for what the man did to the other which could cause his death.

  26. smh
    November 5, 2015

    All of allu saying how mandella bad, none of u know what really happened. The guy did not deserve all what he got but everybody have that certain point they reach when they can just snap. If u don’t know the whole story stfu and stop judging the man. Y’all probably doing worst than him undercover.

    • jamesd
      November 5, 2015

      Two wrongs don’t make a right. If he has problems with somebody there’s many other ways to resolve that than brutally chopping somebody up like that live in public

  27. Big Bannan
    November 5, 2015

    Residents of Goodwill should need a license and have their cutlass registered . ??

    • November 6, 2015

      Whether they have their cutlass registered or not cannot prevent them from chopping another human being..

  28. Sabrina
    November 5, 2015

    @waw.what does kenny g has to do with this situition? You need to know your place.stop mix persons name in other peoples problem.if you don’t have anything to say towards the situation.stfu….

  29. Not Surprised
    November 5, 2015

    Mandella made up a heap of stories for my significant other, we see now who is the real :twisted:

  30. John
    November 5, 2015

    Some people don’t never get the story and just keep running allu mouth..do you guys know what started this? No ! Then shut up.

    • November 5, 2015

      Then tell us the story

    • November 5, 2015

      U serious????? # John, omg and u don’t get d damn right to tell nobody dre shut up! RIGHT!! Doe let me start dre ehh

    • The Real Facts
      November 5, 2015

      Whatever the story he was wrong to attack the man. The entire world has seen him with the cutlass in his hand bludgeoning the man. What a shock and a shame!

  31. sam
    November 5, 2015

    Traffic police please do your job. How many must die under the cliff b four You all do take action

    • stupess
      November 5, 2015

      Stupess… U stupid??? Where that coming out?

  32. Ting
    November 5, 2015

    Show that one to the tourists

    • Iamanidiot
      November 5, 2015

      to what ends?

      • Ting
        November 5, 2015

        Its sarcasm. Dominica goes to great lengths to show a positive and welcoming image to the world and in the meantime things like this are posted up on the internet.

        The other piece of it is that if this had happened to a tourist, the tourist industry of Dominica would be over and done with.

    • November 5, 2015

      To # ting, are you stupid or somTING we we we well need d skin money! Erika already destroy us! No boii! Some people ehh….

    • The Real Facts
      November 5, 2015

      The tourists are accustomed to such. It is occurring in their country, daily and on a wider scale with guns and other weapons. The bigger the country, the worst.

  33. blessed
    November 5, 2015

    What about yhe guy with the purple shirt. He has to be charged also. Wicked set of people. No bail I hope.

  34. A. George
    November 5, 2015

    Get the guy with the purple shirt that kicked the man while he was on the ground. he is culpable as well. good work police. I hope he gets a stiff sentence.

    • Barbara Saunders
      November 5, 2015

      I just can’t believe what I am seeing! The guy is wielding a cutlass at another human being as if the person is a piece of wood. That is what we have come to?

      Guys can we please stop preaching anger and hatred against each other day in and day out, because we might think that these occurrences are not linked but if we feed on anger and hatred every day and on every issue, first thing in the morning, last thing at night, we eventually become less than human. This will be particularly so for those who do not have the value systems and christian beliefs to fight this evil.

    • Peace
      November 5, 2015

      Haha! Stiff sentence in DA??? Eh bien you have jokes. I predict he will out and walking the street for year. Then the case will finally call and nothing will happen. We see it all the time. My only hope is that he does not hurt someone else.

  35. Concerned
    November 5, 2015

    Life means nothing to some people. “Thou shall not Kill”. Where is the love for one another that Christ professed. OH, Jesus, save us.

  36. Hmmm
    November 5, 2015

    I hope this incident would cause him to reflect on his bad ways. Mandella has been a threat. He needs to sit and ask himself a question now. Grow up!

    • The Real Facts
      November 5, 2015

      With a name as that, one would think he should conduct himself properly. He disgraced his name.

  37. Waw
    November 5, 2015

    Wat about kenny G…d man dat fink he bad…his bad was purchased at a high end boutique…. Kenny seem to be slipping under the law….but asa had sang a song….” Look Rocs disappear”…anyone can recall rocs?….#nuff said.

    • Madfox
      November 5, 2015

      Waw U need to get a life ok ???? Idk y all U Dominicans like to call people Name in all u show down …U looking for fame in all the wrong places. R.I.P TO YOUR ATTENTION SEEKING SELF

  38. Yes I
    November 5, 2015

    I hope he is remanded in custody. This man posses a serious threat to society.

  39. me
    November 5, 2015

    that is just barbaric!

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