{"id":68734,"date":"2012-07-20T06:50:35","date_gmt":"2012-07-20T10:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=68734"},"modified":"2012-07-20T11:48:02","modified_gmt":"2012-07-20T15:48:02","slug":"i-cant-cope-with-society-eric-zai-joseph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/i-cant-cope-with-society-eric-zai-joseph\/","title":{"rendered":"I can’t cope with society – Eric ‘Zai’ Joseph"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Eric ‘Zai’ Joseph shortly after his release from prison<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A man who was released from prison after serving 25 years for murder, is having problems coping with society.<\/p>\n

Eric \u201cZai\u201d Joseph who was sentenced to hang in 1983 for the brutal murder of Giraudel Farmer, Ted Honychurch, told Dominica News Online that since his release in 2009, he was being treated unfairly by society.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey still call me murderer, rapist and have disassociated themselves with me\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n

He said currently he is a nomad, moving from one shelter to the other.<\/p>\n

\u201cHaile Selassie told me the Infirmary is not for me so I won\u2019t go there. I need to be treated better than that” the ex-convict complained.<\/p>\n

Joseph said following his release from prison, his daughter took up responsibility for his personal well being but as a grown man, he couldn\u2019t rely solely on her.<\/p>\n

\u201cI cannot depend on my daughter for refuge. When I was in prison my mother sent me a lot of money over the years. After I came from prison, I only received $3000.00. I want to know where the rest of my money went to. Government promised to give me a home but where is it?” he asked<\/p>\n

Joseph is asking for assistance in the form of a permanent shelter.<\/p>\n

He also claims that there were attempts by several individuals in the New Town community to kill him.<\/p>\n

\u201cI learnt from my mistakes. I am not a murderer. I am a changed man. It\u2019s just that I am finding it hard to deal with society. This is a Babylon system and it is not working for me,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Eric Joseph now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the summer of 1983, Joseph was found guilty for the 1981 slaying of Ted Honychurch following his abduction by a group of ‘Dreads’ headed by one of the country\u2019s most wanted fugitives Leroy \u2018Pokosion\u2019 Etienne.<\/p>\n

Joseph confessed to shooting Honychurch just days after he was kidnapped along with his wife, cook and gardener, all of whom were later released.<\/p>\n

According to his testimony, Joseph shot Honychurch after he killed one of his kidnappers in a failed bid to escape. Honychurch’s body was later burnt.<\/p>\n

Weeks after the killing, Joseph was found severely injured and close to death in the area around Boetica after allegedly falling into a precipice and being left by his fellow ‘Dreads’.<\/p>\n

At his 1983 trial, he was originally sentenced to hang but it was commuted to life in prison in 1993.
\nJoseph now walks with crutches and sleeps at the health center in Roseau.<\/p>\n

When asked whether he was better off in jail than being free, Joseph said \u201cHaile Selassie doesn\u2019t want me in jail. He doesn\u2019t want me trapped so I needed to be freed but too many things are happening to me. Someone broke my leg, they tried to poison me\u2026I feel trapped\u201d, he exclaimed.<\/p>\n

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