After a man had bitten off a piece of his landlord’s ear on Wednesday night, he reportedly dangled the bloody part in front of neighbours telling them he was going to eat it.
“Ah feel I would eat it yuh know. Ah wonder if it taste like chicken,” he asked.
Up until yesterday, the troublesome tenant that landlord Edmund Sinanan had been trying to evict remained at large. The landlord is still warded at the San Fernando General Hospital, in a stable condition.
According to a neighbour, the tenant who lives with a woman and two children sold illegal drugs on the premises and had been ordered to leave several times by the landlord.
However, they said each time he would threaten to kill the landlord. On Wednesday evening, Sinanan returned home and saw the suspect standing in the yard. An argument broke out between them.
Sinanan’s wife rushed out to calm the argument but the suspect pushed her to the ground and then floored Sinanan, beating him on the ground.
After holding onto Sinanan’s head and biting off some of his ear, he held the piece of ear in his hand and threatened to eat it. He then picked up a shovel and charged towards Sinanan, threatening to kill him.
But then he turned instead and ran towards the woman who ran into her home and locked the door.
When he could not reach her, he went across to a neighbour, showing off the ear like a trophy.
Police said the man seems to be mentally unstable and they will arrest him soon. (KF)