ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Three men, including the son of a former Dominica prime minister, are due to appear in court later on Wednesday charged with the November 6 murder of a man, whose bullet riddled body was found near a beach.
Police have laid charges against Joel Seraphine, whose father, Oliver J. Seraphine, served as interim prime minister from 1979-1980.
Seraphine 26, along with George Thomas, 34, from the Dominican Republic and Antiguan Andre Nibbs, 30, have been accused of murdering Clinton Mannix, 37, whose body was found in a pool of blood with multiple gunshot wounds.
Last week, Seraphine was convicted and fined EC$40,000 (US$14,981) after he pleaded guilty to being in possessing of a firearm and three rounds of ammunition.
Magistrate Joan Fung had ordered that he be deported once he pays the fine or completes a two-year prison term.
Why the hell are you people talking about a mistake. When you take a person out there house under false pretense and kill them. You meant to kill him…. I hope and pray that everyday u wake up and go to sleep u see his face… You are a very heartless person… Only God know what’s best for you…. Cause if I had anything to say what should happen is you should spend the rest of your life in jail
To cofused, very well said, violence against humanity must be condemn no matter who you are.
Sankey, this is the family this time. Just stumbled on this and I know exactly who you are, you know this is one of my many talents.
Why do you think that if the post is not about dragging OJ in the mud, it must be from the family?
Here’s my position as a very close family member: a man is innocent until proven guilty and if it is proven that Joel is guilty, he has to face the punishment, period! OJ being his father or Skerrit being his paweh is irrelevant. In the meantime and beyond we’re giving him all the support that we can, just as anyone (ex PM or not) would do for their own.
We are fervently praying for our Kin Joel and just as much for the family of the victim.
My people, be safe, be well.
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What is disgusting? some of you hypocrites praising a man who was involve of another life being taken away. it does not matter whose child it is but we as a nation should not be seen to be glorifying what Joel did, and even have the nerve to say he was O J’s son.
True to say O J did not raise his kids to be that way, but why do we as parents like to condone the wrong our kids do. So if you find your kid telling a fat lie, you as a parent knowing it’s a lie, will stand idle by and allow that kid to lie. how is this going to help them be honest human beings in today’s society.
Am not gloryfying what joel did. this young man had many issues, and the family can come here in disguise and defend him but the truth will always come out, and his sister have to learn to stop criticising and throwing words for others, when they all know it have skeletons living in their closet.
Is behind story that does have story…more will come and prayers alone will not be enough. A close examination and look at personal change has to be embedded with those prayers.
So sorry to hear that… Cheryl..you and your family are in my prayers. Be strong…i know you are.
to all off u out there who think what he did is a mistake, what would you want the lawmen to do
or his parents give him a tap on his back and say well done son!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A**hole . tell me is that what you really saying??????????????come on people ask yourself this if he had kill yur farmily or friend
what would you still say it was a mistake and you would tell the lawmen please let him go his father is x pm of DA and he made a mistake! I’m young to live in Antigua, i’m a Da man to, i know the guy very well. there is a serious proplem with the young kids these days and it is time we wake up and smell the coffee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! be good, GOD bless!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! work hard to get what you want!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
love!!!!!!!!!!!!! JAH bless!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SO TRU POSITIVEDOMINCAN
sadam yu r a damn a**….in DA yu do de crime yu pay de time
ANTIGUA HAVING WAY TOO MUCH CRIME…WE LIVING IN FEAR.,..I NO DAT PPL MAKE MISTAKE….BUT WAT DONT KILL YU[ironiC] WILL MAKE YU STRONGER…AND MAYBE AFTER HIS PUNISHMENT HE WUD LEARN A LESSON
Papa met JOEL boy when i heard that it brought literal tears to my eyes. Is that the same person i went to school with. Boy…………. how time has changed. I do hope that this incident serves as an eye opener for you and may God’s mercies fall upon you and your family as you all go through this. Its time to grow up and live by the sound principles that you were taught!!!!!!
Oh Joel when I meet you, you had dreams. You wanted to study computers and you told me the story of Why you place your shoes the way you did. What happend??? I have not spoken to you in years but I will pray for you.
Next you all will say Skerrit made him do it?
I feel bad for him but worst for the other family who lost their son.
Our people need to behave themselves, whether it be at home or abroad.
Find something creative to do with those hands God gave us instead of taking the
innocent lives he created. It is high time our people stop that shooting and killing.
If they like killing that much they should volunteer for some army somewhere
around the world.
CONCORD! U IS A *** TO SAY ONE oF OURS! that s y they deny us papers because of idiots like that!
MY DEAD MOTHER HAD A SAYING
‘WHEN YOUR NIEGHBOR HOUSE CATCH FIRE ,GET WATER TO
OUT YOURS. WE ARE ALL DOMINICAN EVEN IF WE ARE LIVING ABROAD,WE SHOULD NEVER MAKE THE CHILDREN PAY FOR THEIR FATHERS SINS. PLEASE TAKE CARE OF THIS CHILD WHENEVER HE RETURNS TO DOMINICA.GOD BLESS.
I am appalled at some of the comments being made here about this young man, such as his making a mistake. ………. As a matter of fact, if you read Article carefully you will see that when he was picked up it was actually for a firearm.. offense, he pleaded guilty on the charge. ( Last week, Seraphine was convicted and fined EC$40,000 (US$14,981) after he pleaded guilty to being in possessing of a firearm and three rounds of ammunition). …. Those of you who are talking about him not pulling the trigger, please be informed that he does not have to pull it to be guilty of murder. This is the problem with or world today, we are trying to make everything right but that is wrong. There is something called justice and we must stand for that which is just. Young people must be made to know that the idea is not to try and live a life of illegality to get what they want in life. Everyone must consider the consequence of his or her action before taking it, only fools fail to do so. if it was his first time, i would have been more easy on him, but he meant to live the life he did. I live in Antigua and I don’t want the good i do here as an ambassador of my country, to be erased by the irresponsible actions of few who won’t do meaning work but instead try to live big by illegal means. God endorsed hard work and that is what i endorse. Dominicans have always maintain a good name in another mans land.
WE DONT KNOW WHO PULLED THE TRIGGER WHAT U DO KNOW IS THAT JOEL AND THE TWO OTHER GUYS WERE CHARGED WITH MURDER…………. JOEL NEED NOT TO PULL A TRIGGER AND KILLED SOMEONE TO GET CHARGED WITH MURDER…… THERES MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE AND MURDER IN THE SECOND DEGREE SO LET US SEE WHAT HAPPENS……… WE DONT KNOW THE FACTS SURROUNDING THE CIRCUMSTANCES… BUT WE ARE POINTING FINGERS AT JOEL AND ONE ANOTHER…….. IT IS ALLEGED…… THE COURT HAS TO PROVE HE DID IT OR IF HE WAS INVOLVED…. IT IS JUST A SAD STORY TO HEAR WHAT HE IS INVOLVED IN SO FAR BEING CHARGED FOR MURDER…… I EXPECT SOME PPL TO FEEL SORRY FOR HIM AND SOME NOT TOO…….NOTHING WRONG IF U FEEL SORRY FOR SOMEONE AS LONG AS U DO NOT PUSH YOUR HAND IN FIRE FOR HIM…….
CONFUSED WELL SAID AND WHO EVER SAID WHAT THEY SAID THAT OJ OWN IS INFRONT AND THE REST OF US OWN IS BEHIND IS FULL OF ***………………
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT OJ …..
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JUST TO LET SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN HERE WHO IS ACTING LIKE THIS IS A MISTAKE …….
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HE MADE HIS BED NOW HE SHOULD SLEEP IN IT LIKE THAT BIG MAN HE USE PORTRAY HIMSELF TO BE…………………….
NUFF SAID
let me say something to all those who criticize mr oj and his children. one day i may hear this very same song singing out loud.is not oj children alone that make bad choices in life. and when i hear it it will be many of you who are have all sorts of dirty things to say. some of all you that talking there, all you children have been arrested for drugs and even crimes so go to hell and give mr oj a break. this is a hard working man who don’t sing for his supper so go to hell.and as chubby said oj own is infront but all you own is behind and what is behind is always greater.i will see some of all you with all you hands on all you head just now.
joel i will pray for you and your family.
BTW who committed the crime????????????who shot the gun???????????I wud like to hear how many of you playing god now??????
well yes ca…..tears comin out in my eyes……ehlas is all i can say….i really dont care wat nobody has to say joel is one of ours and we will stand by him thru this….not for his actions but for wat he goin thru….it is not easy as family members to watch ur familly go thru this…nobody wants bad for their children….and joel is the father’s child like it or not….and HE WILL GET HIM THRU IT…HE WILL FORGIVE HIM…i agree with the person who said that OJ did not raise him that way….OJ and ma oj did not raise their children that way,…..they are god fearing christians esp ma oj who has great faith…joel decided to chose a path that is not good for him he lived a life that was dangerous and it eventually caught up with him……DON’T WE ALL??? darling we are with u every step of the way and we are praying that the worse doesnt happen for u….we dont want to see u fall at all…..we love you……and i can promise u as soon as u get out of this mess u will get lots of lectures i just pray that this time u listen to us
For all the hypocrites: Him that is without sin.. CAST THE FIRST STONE!!!
you all disgust me
why are some people talking about this like this guy made a mistake? are we now suppose to say that all those who commit crime don’t know what they are about or what they are doing?
simply put, a mistake is when you do something and you are unaware of the fact that it may be wrong. But how can u tell me that killing someone, dumping their body and still have the audacity to keep the gun is a mistake! What message are we sending to the younger ones when we justify the actions of this one young man by calling it a mistake? and then we complain about the increase in crime? this really confuses me!
I honestly don’t care who your father or your mother is, we should condemn his actions right away if he did the crime. Yes it will be hurtful for the family and I can understand that we have to sympathize with them but like us, the family has to accept the fact that if he did the crime he must pay the time. He must take responsibility for his actions and that is what good parents would ensure.
In such a case we can’t be one sided or bias because he is a Dominican or a son of a former PM, there are two families hurting right now, that of the guy who was killed and that of the one who committed the crime.
in life we all have choices, that is what sets us apart as human beings….as free agents….we have the choice to do good and we have a choice to do bad. what saddens me is that this man seemed to have made the wrong choices. What we must now seek to do is look at what might have lead him down this path so that we can speak to our children and encourage them be wise in the choices they make!
people let us not be ignorant it is what it is i have three boy and i deeply know that there is a god and you maybe will get away from man but not god if the man did the crime. let us not cast any bad remarks but ask god to help him. remember god said vengance is mine i will repay . to god be th glory i pray that if in fact he did the crime that he could have the surport of his relatives and friend to go to the lord and ask repentance and the people of the dead man. may god bless everyone of my fellow DOMINICAN AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR
Well it them that make it bad for other dominica in antigua u are in a fouren place cool your head and go through but no well pay the price
anyway allu can give each other kwaz on this site eh! yes i, typical dominicans!
Sorry to hear bad news about this guy, but when you are in trouble with the law, you got to pay the consequences.
WOW… HMMMMMM…. SO SAD!!!
PEACE!!
u do ur crime u dam well have to serve ur time. and dont keep saying sorry people. God said dont kill
son ur not deh first to make mistake i care for u as a kid and ur a good kid joe i will pray for u im a mother now and frieends can make us do we don’t want to at time lilly and oj keep ur heads up
I am deeply sadden about the loss of this life but I hope this experience will help Joel to grow up and learn right from wrong. Whether he be guilty or innocent I am not to judge, but there must be reasons why he is charged in this case. As someone who went to school with Joel and knew him quite well, I am not surprised but sadden. When you are raised to believe that you are above the law and have no respect for authority, this is what happens. I hope that he will come out of this a better man…truly. My prayers are with you Joel.
poor thing
why people keep saying they sorry they sorry …sorry he .. or sorry he got caught and he has to pay for what he do (come on people stop it)its like dominican hate ganga ,they prefere the killings .stuuuuuuuuuups man .
All of you people saying not to judge joel and praying for his family need to realize that … And instead of trying to make him out to be a saint you all should be thinking of the dead man’s family and praying for them and hoping that joel won’t be put in a position where he can do something like that again!!!!!!!!
For the hypocrites out there who are criticizing my statement, let me make it clear that I DO NOT rejoice in anyone’s downfall and I am not in the least bit critical of OJ Seraphine’s upbringing of his son, which I am sure he did his very best to have brought him up in the right way (In fact the young man may well be innocent- let’s await the result of the case). We must however be fair to ALL our fellowmen (including Mr. Skerrit) and must learn not to go about castigating and passing judgement on others, even when we do not have the evidence to back up our accusations. That is the lesson I want us all to learn. Unfortunately for OJ Seraphine, he is learning this the hard way. I MAKE NO APOLOGIES FOR MY STATEMENT!!!
ONLY TIME WILL TELL AGAIN I TELL ALL YOU NINE DAYS FOR THE VOLER ONE FOR THE POLICE AND THE LONGEST ROPE HAS AN END, MOTHERS, SISTERS, FRIENDS AND CHILDREN TEARS WILL FALL BUT NOT IN VEIN GOD KNOWS ALL AND SEES ALL TO ALL HIS RELATIVES AND FRIENDS WHO KNEW OF HIS ACTIVITIES AND SAID NOTHING THOSE TEARS WILL BE UPON YOU TOO. LET US NOT TURN A BLIND EYE, NOW JOEL HOUSE IS ON FIRE LET US WET OURS CAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHO IS NEXT
Lester shut the hell up we all make mistakes, but there comes a time when we have to pay the piper back. And I know u have made your fair share of mistakes we all have. He will learn eventually that life isn’t a bed of roses. But that doesn’t give the right to anyone to bad talk him and his family no matter who they are. Just like your mother would have an aching heart if it were u in this situation, so is his mom. Grow up people life is to short for this this bad talk and nonsense put yourselves in the shoes of his parents if you are parents. Way worse crimes have been commited in dca and abroad and we should be concerned not critical of the person and his family…
Wayyyyy Joel You see when we talk to you, u doesnz listen…jus d other day ii spoke to u and now this, Now It Hurtin us mayne….ii cant believe this and people stop QUICK TO JUDGE PPL U NEVA KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO U R ANY OF UR FAMILY MEMBERS R CLOSE FRENS, EVERYBODY MAKES MISTAKES..NEWSFLASH WE’RE ALL “HUMAN”………and yes he do have children……Just Keep Praying Mayneee
, Your in our prays Joe…….
OJ did not raise his son to be on the wrong side of the law………. For the people rejoycing ; we all have our turn in life…It may come in different forms, but things do happen all the time. We need to pray for each other.
Joel got in too deep and he got into trouble its unfortunate however who give u people the right to make such shitty comments like yall so much better.The shoe is on the other foot wear it .God be with us all no one knows where they gonna end up so let God be our only Judge and no one else.
waaaaayyyy joel wat happen again na……..hm i praying for you my boy…and behave urself bredren…
A reminder that we need not point an accusing finger at others.
My prayers are with his family especially his mother. He sometimes tests us in most unusual ways but I know you are a Lady of great faith and you and your family will pull through. God willing, lean on him , trust in him and all things will turn out for good for those who love him and are called to his purpose. God bless you and family.
ofcourse if he was in dca he woulda been a free man..no pull strings in wadadli take what u get
bet if he had commite this crime in dominica he would be a free man
i told them and they didn’t want to listen. this man is no angel. i don’t care who his father is he needs to take responsibility for this actions. there are consequences for breaking the law. to all of defending because he is serraphine son keep being hypocrites.ALL WICKED MEN HAVE TO END UP IN FIRE TO BE BURNT. DON’T DROP THE SAVON.
So sorry that our young people cannot behave themselves. to positivedominican I do hope that you do not have children, polities is over.
Mr Positive Dominican, HOW LOW CAN YOU GO? but it seems you live and breathe by the name OF Skerrit.
I am saddened when a young man finds himself in trouble and I sympathise with his father and family. I hope he can get bail like it happened for those in Dominica in similar circumstances, but then in Dominica it is not the law anymore it is who you know.
To Positive dominican: do you consider that a positive statement? You all are just o ignorant people who will suffer just because of your ignorance and stupidity. In a situation like that, you cannot leave politics out of it? You all like to respond like that to every situation but reuse to put yourselves in the position. Today is O J Seraphine’s son tomorrow might be your brother, faqther or child. If you ave nothing to say keep your trap shut man! Nobody wants their child or relative to end up in such a situation. No matter how well parents teacha nd train their children, they always take their own way. Leh bab komawad ou pwee deefay twa-pay sarw!!
Sorry to hear that, but I guess now OJ have some personal business to mind instead of Skerrit.
what is going on why all the killing we need to do something about that now !