Vigilantes chase driver after accident, beat him to death

A St Joseph man is dead after reportedly being beaten to death after knocking down an elderly woman at Jackson, St Michael, on Monday morning.

Pedro Caddle, 43, of Bissex Housing Area, was pronounced dead at the scene after being chased and beaten by several men following the collision at Jackson Tenantry Road around 9:10 am.

The Barbados Police Service said it had received a report of an accident in which a woman was injured and the driver, Caddle, attempted to flee. A group of men chased him and beat him when they got hold of him.

Acting Communication and Public Affairs Officer, Sergeant Liesl Gabriel said when officers from District ‘A’ Police Station went to the scene, they discovered Caddle’s unresponsive body with multiple injuries.

A medical doctor later pronounced him dead at the scene, where he was identified by a family member.

The accident victim, who was not identified by police, is currently in stable condition at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

Jackson residents described Caddle as a “nuisance” and said he had been in a longstanding dispute with the woman and her family.

They said the woman had previously complained to him about his driving and alleged threats directed at her daughter.

Caddle, who had been the subject of police ‘wanted’ bulletins on several occasions in the past, also survived several attempts on his life, including a 2002 Boxing Day shooting and then while he was a patient at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital being treated for the injuries sustained in that incident.

He had been shot several times over the past two decades and also faced the courts on numerous charges.
(LG)