Vigil in memory of burnt victim

REMEMBERING JEFF: brother Antonio and sister Cecilia lighting the candle at the vigil for the late Michael Jefferson Albert. (Nigel Browne)

Mon, January 30, 2012 - 12:04 AM

MICHAEL JEFFERSON ALBERT is gone, but last week’s fire victim will never be forgotten by his family and friends.

His girlfriend Sherry-Ann Virginie could not fight back the tears, sisters Cecilia, Margaret and Veronica were still in shock, while brothers Antonio and John were glum during a candlelight vigil attended by close to 100 residents of Dash Valley, St George, last night.

A monument adorned with flowers and a picture of Jefferson was put up at the spot the Albert family once called home.

Sherry-Ann had to be consoled during the ceremony that was marked by prayers, songs, tributes and a minute’s silence for the 38-year-old carpenter, a product of South District Primary and St George Secondary School.

Albert was fatally burnt last week in a family dispute at Country Park Towers, St Michael. His brother Greville Headley has been charged with serious bodily harm and arson. (MK)

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Posted by Doreen Stoute 3 months, 3 weeks ago: His brother has been charged with “serious bodily harm”? Albert is dead. Shouldn’t this charge be upgraded to second-degree murder at least? Based on the story we have been told, he was doused with a flammable liquid and then set on fire. That seems pretty deliberate to me and worthy of a murder charge. May justice prevail, and my condolences to the family. It would be good if people learned to settle disputes like adults.