DATE: 2016-06-09 Country Name: SVG Location Detail: Union Clifton Harbor EVENT: Theft

 

CSSN Incident Report
CSSN Incident Report
CSSN First Hand Report
CSSN First Hand Report

DATE: 2016-06-09
Country Name: SVG
Location Detail: Union Clifton Harbor
EVENT: Theft
Stolen Items: Evinrude 15hp outboard motor
SECURED: Locked
DETAILS: The outboard engine was locked onto a mounting bracket with padlock and chain on the back of the yacht. It was stolen between 6.30pm & 7.30am, damaging the bracket. The owners were not on board at the time. A police report was made.

UPDATED: DATE: 2016-05-25 Country Name: SVG Location Detail: Tobago Cays EVENT: Assault

 

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CSSN First Hand Report
CSSN First Hand Report

UPDATE: June 22, 2017 – Victims have been advised that the SVG prosecutor has declined to prosecute the 3 men (Forde/Hanson/Lewis) previously charged in this violent assault/robbery. The Coast Guard did respond to the crime scene quickly, and the SVG police did take witness statements. The victims cooperated fully and later returned to Saint Vincent to provide testimony at the charging hearing. All 3 men were initially remanded to custody. Now, according to the SVG prosecutor, because the SVG police failed to collect any evidence from the crime scene the case will not be prosecuted. All 3 men were released. Read a related CSSN NEWS article here.

UPDATED: 30 MAY 2016 –  to first hand report

DATE: 2016-05-25
Country Name: SVG
Location Detail: Tobago Cays
EVENT: Assault
Stolen Items: Cash and cell phones
SECURED: N/A
DETAILS: A British flagged vessel was boarded by 2 armed men (knife and gun), 3rd man remained in pirogue. Injuries were reported, and were treated by a physician on a nearby boat. This report was taken during the daily KPK service net. CSSN will update this report when more information is provided by the victims.

CSSN UPDATE: First hand report received from the victims as follows: At 2300 on 25th May 2016, a British flagged yacht was boarded by two masked men, one with a gun, the other a knife. At the time, the couple were asleep in bed but were woken by the noise of a speedboat’s engine and, shortly after, by the noise of forced entry via the companionway, which was closed and bolted on the interior and damaged as a result of the intrusion.

The intruders demanded money and one of them hit the Captain several times on the head with the ship’s heavy torch, whilst his wife was held with an arm around her neck and a gun (possibly imitation) was pointed to her head. The intruders took about EC$500 from the Captain’s wallet but refused to believe that was all the cash on board.

The Captain was losing much blood from the head wounds but they still demanded more money. They also wanted cell phones and VHF radios so that the crew ‘could not contact anyone’. The Captain’s wife gave them three old cell phones that were not used on board, and they took a handheld radio from its cradle. This was later retrieved from the intruders, along with the heavy torch, during a scuffle as they left the yacht in a hurry after about 12 minutes on board. A third man, waiting in a speed boat alongside the yacht, then sped them away.

The Captain suffered several head and face injuries, two fractured ribs and some bruising, and was attended by a doctor in the anchorage immediately after the event. His wife was unhurt.

The SVG Coastguard, who were contacted by a neighboring yacht, arrived quickly. Three suspects are currently charged with multiple offenses and are in police custody in Kingstown SV.

The Captain recommends that all cruisers, even in such beautiful places as the Tobago Cays, take security on board very seriously. The best security is to make it so hard for intruders to get into the yacht quickly that they give up, maybe hastened by floodlights/alarm activated by a panic button inside the yacht.

DATE: 2016-05-20 Country Name: SVG Location Detail: Union Clifton Harbor EVENT: Assault

 

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Second Hand Riport
CSSN Second Hand Report

DATE: 2016-05-20
Country Name: SVG
Location Detail: Union Clifton Harbor
EVENT: Assault
Stolen Items: Unknown
SECURED: N/A
DETAILS: 3 sailors returning from dinner at 11:30 PM were attacked and pelted with stones. The attacker demanded money. 1 man was knocked unconscious, and held overnight and airlifted out from the local health facility the next day. 2 companions were treated for their injuries and released. Police are reported to have 1 person in custody. Further details from local press http://www.iwnsvg.com/2016/05/23/attacker-knocks-swiss-visitor-unconscious-in-union-island/

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