Chad Bryan, Staff Reporter
A female Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) councillor was yesterday evening robbed of her cell phone and keys by men dressed up as women from the Shoemaker Gully as she made her way from the party's 71st conference.
"As the groups of JLP supporters were coming from the conference they converged on the gully and intended to mob the men, however, the police had to intervene to prevent what could have been a serious situation. There were quite a number of persons there," said Senior Superintendent Fitz Bailey, head of the St Andrew Central Division.
JLP supporters
The fire brigade also had to be called to the scene to extinguish a fire that was allegedly set by JLP supporters in anger.
"I actually spoke to the people and reassured them that we will deal with the matter and this prompted them to leave," Bailey stated.
The men, believed to be in the range of 18 years to the late 20s and who live in the gully, have continued to be a nuisance to residents and the business community in and around the New Kingston area. They continue to operate under the guise of homosexuals but are criminals, according to the senior policeman.
"If you go to the New Kingston area at nights it is like a ghost town because people are afraid to do their business. We had a stakeholders meeting and it was reported that a lot of persons are moving out of the area because of these men," Bailey explained. He also pointed out that one stakeholder could not find anybody to rent his property because of the men.
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