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In this May file photo, people gather near Luke and Tenisha Wholesale Company Ltd, Quesnel Street, Arima where Luke Dalipsingh was murdered. His relative Sean Dalipsingh was one of two men killed in Wallerfield on October 19. –

HOMICIDE detectives say the shooting death of a Wallerfield man and his friend, first thought to be over a slaughtered cow, has now shifted and may be as a result of an ongoing land dispute.

Speaking with Sunday Newsday on Friday, detectives said the initial information was based on reports which identified the men’s most recent altercation was over a cow.

Police reported that on October 19, Sheldon “Reddo ” Lewis and Sean Dalipsingh were killed at Dalipsingh’s home at Tractor Pool Road, Wallerfield.

Relatives at the time said the men were killed because Lewis slaughtered a cow belonging to a man in the area who had been repeatedly told about his roaming animal. They suspected that Dalipsingh was shot so he could not identify the killers.

The theory held weight with police as Lewis admitted to Dalipsingh’s relatives that he slaughtered the cow a day before they were killed. Police also confirmed with the owner of the cow that his animal was killed by Lewis.

Police later learnt that Dalipsingh is the third member of his family murdered this year after all were made beneficiaries of land in Sangre Grande and Wallerfield.

On May 29, Dalipsingh’s aunt Linda Dalipsingh, 38, of Crescent Drive, Mausica Road, D’Abadie was gunned down. It was reported that at about 7 pm Linda was with 27-year-old Romario Beggs, of Waterhole, Cocorite, when they saw a man dressed in black walking by the wall of her home. The man walked into the yard and shot at Dalipsingh and Beggs.

Both were taken to the Arima Health Facility where Linda was declared dead at about 9.45 pm.

Two months later, Dalipsingh’s cousin, Luke Dalipsingh, was shot dead at his business – Luke and Tenisha Wholesale Company Ltd on Quesnel Street, Arima.

Police reported that at about 11.20 am, a gunman walked up to Luke and shot him once in the head. The killer escaped in a white Nissan Wingroad.

This murder was recorded on CCTV camera and shared on social media. It showed the killer stepping out of the car wearing a hoodie, mask and cap, walking up to Luke who was assisting a customer to his vehicle, and shot him once in the head.

Luke’s murder came months after his business was shot at on May 14 at about 3.41 am.

Police said a female relative of Dalipsingh moved out of the Wallerfield home weeks before the murders because of growing tensions over the property, which included the Wallerfield house

A relative, who assisted the police with the link to the slaughtered cow, denied there was any family rift when contacted on Friday. The man said he told police that the only person Dalipsingh had an argument with in recent times was the owner of the cow.

Dalipsingh was buried on October 23 and Lewis will be buried on October 31.

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In this July 25, 2021 file photo, Dylan Carter, of Trinidad and Tobago, swims in a heat during the men’s 100-metre backstroke at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP PHOTO) –

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TRINIDAD AND Tobago swimmer Dylan Carter extended his flawless run of form at the second leg of the FINA Swimming World Cup in Toronto, Canada, on Saturday, when he splashed to men’s 50-metre backstroke gold in yet another national short course record.

Swimming out of lane seven at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre, Carter had the third fastest reaction time (0.55s) but still commandeered the race to victory in 22.94 seconds.

He touched the wall ahead of Poland’s Kacper Stokowski, who clocked 23.01, and bronze medallist American Justin Ress (23.07).

Carter’s impressive time saw him wipe away his own national 50m short course backstroke record of 23.15, which was set during his golden performance at the first leg of the World Cup in Berlin, Germany, eight days ago.

In the heats, Carter placed third in heat three in 23.80 and was sixth fastest advancing finalist.

After the win, Carter was asked if he had his eyes set on the additional U$$10,000 jackpot which could be his if he wins the same event at the third and final World Cup leg in Indianapolis, USA, from Thursday.

He replied, “One step at a time. We still have the 50 fly (on Sunday) and 100m freestyle (on Saturday evening), so we’ll think about that in ‘Indi’. It’s been great fun, great crowd and great competitors, so it’s been really good.”

And in 100m freestyle final, which was contested just 30 minutes after he won the 50m backstroke, Carter still swam impressively but finished just outside the medals in fourth place.

He clocked 46.36 as rival Australian Kyle Chalmers (45.52) splashed to gold, Italian Thomas Ceccon (46.15) earned silver and American Brooks Curry (46.32) grabbed bronze.

In heat six, Carter was second in 47.37, and was the fifth fastest finalist.

On Friday night, the TT swimmer also swam to gold in the 50m freestyle. Swimming out of lane four, the 26-year old touched the wall in 20.91. He beat to the line Curry (21.07) and Chalmers (21.10), who were second and third respectively.

In the heats, Carter raced in heat six and topped the field in 20.91. He time was also fastest of the advancing finalists.

At last week’s first leg in Berlin, Carter’s won the 50m freestyle, 50m backstroke and the 50m butterfly. He also set a pair of national records in the 50m freestyle and 50m backstroke.

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Police search for clues at the Tunapuna public cemetery the scene of a double murder on Saturday. – ROGER JACOB

Two brothers were shot dead in broad daylight at the Tunapuna public cemetery on Saturday while a third man was shot in the leg.

According to reports, the incident took place around 10.30 am, when a man wearing a hoodie got out a car with two other men near the entrance of the cemetery, officially known as the Streatham Lodge Cemetery, and shot Nirmal Rambaran, 18, in the head. The victim’s older brother, Elvis Hernandez, 28, was shot in the back as he tried to run away.

Both men died at the scene taking the murder tally to 501.

A third man, identified only as Max, was shot in the leg and taken for treatment at hospital.

At the scene, the boys father, Lalsingh Rambaran, stood outside the cemetery gate crying and upset as he tried to get a glimpse of the bodies of his two sons.

Reports said the two bothers had just finished cleaning graves and were sitting on a stone sharing the payment before the shooting.

When Sunday Newsday arrived at the scene around noon, an unmarked police vehicle and caution tape blocked the road to the cemetery.

The boys’ parents, Rambaran and Yvette Rambaran, were craning their necks attempting to see through the closed gates, or over the wall. They were also asking the police and crime scene technicians if they could see their children, but were told it would not be possible.

“That’s my two sons they kill. They not no bad boys. This country gone though. They killing families. Look my son lying down there like a dog and they don’t want me see my children,” the father said.

He said he learned of their deaths when a friend came to their home at nearby Prescott Lane, Tunapuna and related the incident.

Rambaran said he worked very hard to take care of his eight children, humbling himself in front of others, yet his sons were killed and there was nothing he could do. He said the police were only “mopping up” after crimes were committed instead of preventing it.

His wife, who seemed to be in shock, said the boys were not ones to “knock about.” She said, Nirmal “grew up by the cemetery” as their father used to clean the graves before he “passed it on” to his sons.

She said Nirmal had just finished secondary school and was waiting to get his national ID so he could sign up for the Military-Led Academic Training Programme. And Hernandez worked with a crew cutting trees and branches obstructing power, cable and phone lines.

“Not one day ever I had to go in school for him (Nirmal). And although he didn’t have the brain for books, he was ambitious and would hustle to make some money and buy things to sell in the market.”

A neighbour, who did not wish to be identified, said the two were “normal boys” who kept busy and, to his knowledge, stayed out of trouble.

“Their father really tried with them. They were pretty well disciplined. They tell their father all their movements.”

He said they and some of their other siblings, would visit his home and ask to pick mangoes or coconut or green fig to sell, and he was happy to share because it was better for them to hustle that to get involved in criminal activity.

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