AfriKa CRY BLOOD

The Coroner’s Inquest into the death of I’Akobi Tacuma Maloney begins today in the Coroner’s Court, Roebuck Street, St Michael.

Maloney died June 17 at Landlock, St Lucy, where, police have stated, the former engineer jumped to his death. The police have denied they had any physical contact with him.

Since then there has been much concern from the public and Maloney’s family surrounding the circumstances of the former Barbados Exhibition winner’s death, with his family citing what they said were numerous inconsistencies in the police account of what happened on the day of the incident. (more…)

by Yvette Best (www.nationnews.com)

“I LEAVE the laws of Maat to deal with those who took my son.” The words of a grieving Rastafari mother Margaret Maloney, who refuses to believe that her first-born I’Akobi Tacuma Maloney jumped to his death at Landlocks near Cove Bay, St Lucy, on Tuesday evening as stated by police.

Maloney told the DAILY NATION she was disturbed by the inconsistencies in the information she had received from police thus far. Police and coast guard officials pulled Tacuma’s body from the water around 1:30 a.m. yesterday. Officers on the scene Tuesday night said they responded to call of a drug landing around 5:30 p.m., where they observed and interviewed Tacuma.

“Initial investigations reveal (more…)