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Tourist allegedly attacked by man with knife on Willy T’s
According to the woman, the ‘local’ man was intoxicated and interfering with one of the ladies on the boat and became annoyed when he was discouraged from doing so. It was at this point that the woman’s son was reportedly attacked.
"He is black and has the local accent," the woman told this news site of the alleged attacker.
She related that her son, his brother and their girlfriends were having an amazing good time when the “local”, who she said was in a drunken stupor, was constantly touching her son's girlfriend inappropriately.
She said her son tried to get him to stop but instead the man pulled a knife and swiped it at her son, grazing him on one side of the abdomen.
"It was crazy to see him pull a knife. Everyone there saw.
"I wanted to get the police but didn't know how to get them. The person in-charge on Willy T’s stepped in and said he was going to deal with it but we didn't see any action, no police or anyone came," related the woman as she lifted the shirt of her son, revealing the scar from the knife.
The young man declined to have a photo taken as he said he didn't want any further trouble and just wanted to return to his home country without further incident.
"I think in a peak season police patrol should make rounds at these places (Willy T’s). It's a place where heavy drinking takes place and things do happen. They should also make it mandatory that the owner of the boat mount emergency numbers so customers can access in time of need," the woman stated.
A response to inquiries on the matter was not received from Police Information Officer Diane Drayton up to post time.
'Unfortunate' situation
Manager of Willy T's, Mr Ewan Anderson confirmed there was an incident on the boat and said while indeed a knife was flashed no one was "stabbed."
"There was an altercation on Friday night, yes, very late at night, nobody else was on board. Two young gentlemen, who I actually know, were out of place and one did pull a knife."
Mr Anderson said it was unfortunate what happened since the Willy T's has never had such incident in its 30 years or so of business.
He said the tourists at the time expressed they were not interested in involving the police and he was dealing with the two gentlemen who he said are from Tortola, when the tourists left. He said he was surprised that the tourists brought the matter to the media even while they had indicated they did not want to involve the police.
"For 30 years nothing like this has ever happened. Unfortunately there were a couple of bad kids [on board]. We don't police the Willy T's because it is a good place to go to. We don't have these issues here and it is unfortunate what happened," Mr Anderson lamented.
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once you are w***e with any issue in this territory you sure will get publicity....
as a food critic?