Jamaica - British tourist Sean Patterson, contract killing in Jamaica Jan 23

[Luwin]

The murder of a British tourist in Jamaica was a "contract killing" by "unknown assailants", police have said.















Sean Patterson, a personal trainer from Shepherd's Bush, west London, was found with gunshot wounds to his upper body and head in St James, officers said.















He was found at midday on Monday near the pool of his holiday accommodation in Bogue Hill, St James.















Jamaica Constabulary's deputy commissioner called it "a contract killing that emanated from Britain".

Sean Patterson Jamaica shooting was contract killing, police say

Sean Patterson from London was shot and killed by a pool at a guest house in Jamaica.

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[Luwin]

First picture of London personal trainer Sean Patterson murdered while on holiday in Jamaica as family tell of devastation

His sister Sarah Wright wrote on social media: ‘To say we are heartbroken is an understatement’

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British tourist, 'shot twelve times', was victim of contract killing, say police | ITV News

Sean Patterson from Shepherd's Bush was shot repeatedly in the head and chest, his distraught family told ITV News. | ITV News London

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''A British man was shot twelve times in Jamaica in what police believe may have been a contract killing ordered in the UK.
Sean Patterson, a personal trainer from west London, was targeted by the pool of a villa in Bogue Heights, St James, just after noon on Monday, his family told ITV News London.
The Jamaica Constabulary Force said one man has been taken into custody as they continue to work with UK authorities on the investigation.
Deputy Commissioner of Police Fitz Bailey said in a video statement on Wednesday that Mr Patterson has previous convictions in the UK for drugs, violence and firearm offences.
He said police believe the 33-year-old was killed in a "contract killing that emanated from Britain".
Mr Patterson, who worked as a personal trainer, arrived in Jamaica shortly before New Year’s Eve with another man who was also from London.
The pair had spent several days at an apartment before checking into the villa in Bogue Hill on New Year’s Day.''

''Later that day, the commissioner said, the two Brits had met up with a third man – from Kingston – who was present when Mr Patterson was shot and killed.
All three men had stayed at the guest house in separate rooms and the following day at around noon, Mr Patterson and the Jamaican man had gone to the villa’s pool deck.
"(The Kingston man) reported that his back was turned to (Mr) Patterson when he heard several loud explosions (which) sounded like gunshots,” Mr Bailey said.
"He reported that he looked around and saw a lone man dressed in a black hooded sweatshirt with a handgun shooting (Mr) Patterson."

 

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Murder of Briton in Jamaica 'was contract killing ordered from the UK'

Sean Patterson, 33, a personal trainer from West London, was visiting the Caribbean island on a short stay when he was chased by a gunman and shot several times on Monday

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Police investigating the shooting death of a Briton in Jamaica on Monday say that his murder was a contract killing.

Sean Patterson, 33, a personal trainer from West London, was visiting the Caribbean island on a short stay when he was chased by a gunman and shot several times.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Fitz Bailey said: 'Our investigation so far has theorised that the murder was a contract killing that emanated from Britain. There is no evidence that Patterson was robbed or has any connection in Jamaica.

The commissioner went on to say that the Londoner was well known to British police: 'From credible information received Sean Patterson was well known to the UK authorities and has an extensive criminal record for a number of criminal offences which includes narcotics violence and firearms.'