RAD­HI­CA DE SIL­VA

Se­nior Mul­ti­me­dia Re­porter

rad­hi­ca.sookraj

@guardian.co.tt

A day af­ter he was at­tacked with a piece of wood at a bar in La Brea, Dil­lon Joe­field un­der­went emer­gency surgery at the San Fer­nan­do Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal.

The 29-year-old gar­den­er was at­tacked while lim­ing with friends on Sat­ur­day night.

The as­sailant is said to be known to him.

Speak­ing to Guardian Me­dia on the con­di­tion of anonymi­ty yes­ter­day, a rel­a­tive said she re­ceived the call around 10 pm on Sat­ur­day that he had been at­tacked.

Joe­field was first tak­en to the Point Fortin Hos­pi­tal for emer­gency treat­ment be­fore be­ing trans­ferred to San Fer­nan­do, where he re­mains in crit­i­cal con­di­tion.

The rel­a­tive said it was not the first vi­o­lent in­ci­dent Joe­field had ex­pe­ri­enced.

“An­oth­er time he was out­side and some­one chopped him in the face, but he blocked the lash and got chopped in his hand. I did not want him to lime with those friends. I tired talk, I don’t know what to do again,” the rel­a­tive said.

She said Joe­field want­ed to start gar­den­ing.

“I have a piece of land with small lime trees and he want­ed to plant veg­eta­bles and sell,” his rel­a­tive said. “He said that is what mak­ing mon­ey right now. He was go­ing to do a few crops on the land.”

The fam­i­ly said the sus­pect was ini­tial­ly held by po­lice but lat­er re­leased. They want an in­ves­ti­ga­tion in­to the in­ci­dent.

Mean­while, a se­nior po­lice of­fi­cer said they have been tak­ing state­ments about the in­ci­dent and ar­rests are im­mi­nent.