A SECOND suspect has been arrested in reference to the homicide of a Scot on a paradise island, we will reveal.
Police on the Caribbean island of St Lucia confirmed the person is being questioned over the dying of Donnie McKinnon, 48, who was gunned down in a boozer.
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His arrest comes one week after the property supervisor, initially from Fort William, Inverness-shire, was shot lifeless whereas consuming with pal Peter Jackson, 72, who was injured however survived the assault.
It’s the second arrest in reference to what cops are treating as a “focused assault” on the Scot who died at Steve’s Bar within the city of Soufriere.
A Royal Saint Lucia Police spokesman stated: “Two folks have been arrested and are in custody.
“They’re being questioned and are not within the Soufriere police station.
“They’ve been despatched to a different station within the north of the island the place individuals suspected of committing severe crimes are held.”
It’s understood cops can maintain suspects for 72 hours earlier than a Justice of the Peace or choose decides to cost or launch them.
The spokesman didn’t specify when the second suspect was arrested however stated each males are serving to police with their inquiries.
We instructed how cops nabbed a primary suspect 4 days after Donnie was shot lifeless as he sat in a pub.
Locals say they swooped at an handle near the scene of the hit.
One supply instructed of seeing a person believed to be in his 30s led away by cops on Wednesday afternoon.
A witness stated: “The officers didn’t say a lot. The suspect was cooperative and went willingly.”
Investigators have additionally been quizzing Donnie’s former colleagues on the close by Soufriere Property.
A supply stated: “They’re wanting on the risk this might have been carried out by a disgruntled worker.”
We instructed how Donnie was gunned down by two masked males whereas sitting on the boozer’s balcony with Peter, from Accrington, Lancashire.
An ex-employee questioned by cops stated: “I instructed them Donnie was an affable man and I used to be completely satisfied to work for him on the property.
“I cherished his Scottish accent. I really feel sorry for his household.”
We additionally instructed how Donnie and Peter have been residents of the tiny island nation, which has a inhabitants of lower than 200,000 however has recorded virtually 70 homicides this yr.
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