Dinesh Asanka Fernando Wannukawatta-Waduge, age 36, a Sri-Lankan national working in Cayman, died from injuries he had received during an incident at Bananas Bar in Dolphin Plaza on Eastern Avenue early Saturday morning, 30 November.

The RCIPS are appealing for witnesses.

RCIPS detectives have been reviewing CCTV footage taken during the incident, and have determined that there was an altercation at the location shortly before the man’s death. Detectives are aware that several persons were at the location at the time and witnessed the altercation and may be able to provide much needed assistance in the investigation.

“The victim in this senseless and tragic incident was a hard-working man who simply wanted to provide for his family back in Sri Lanka. His death leaves behind a wife suffering from a life-threatening illness, and a four-year-old daughter who is now facing the prospect of losing both parents,” said Deputy Commissioner Kurt Walton. “What is also truly sad is that, although we know there were dozens of people at the location at the time, not one person has come forward to assist us in this investigation. We know that if this were your parent or family member, you would want someone to come forward to help. All we ask is put yourself in this family’s shoes, contact us and help us get to the truth.”

Walton is right. You MUST come forward.

I fully understand the reluctance of some people to do the tight thing. They are suspicious of the police.

Many are annoyed at the police for some of the petty traffic offenses they are ticketed for when a warning would have sufficed and made the police community relationship stronger.

My wife (who is 85) was ticketed for being in a Handicapped Parking slot at the Cayman Islands Hospital in George Town for exactly ten minutes whilst being watched by two police officers sitting in their car waiting for someone. Technically they were correct to ticket her. However, she was walking with much difficulty with a stick having suffered injuries from a traffic accident. There was nowhere else to park except that one vacant space. The two officers saw all this.

Human beings are not robots. They have a mind. They can make decisions on what they can see are exceptional circumstances.

My wife was obviously furious and had to drive into to George Town and pay the fine at the office where there is nowhere to park close by. Thankfully, a private Security Guard assisted her.

Ticketing for illegal tints on windscreens and forgetting to put your lights on and driving off in the dark warrants a warning. Instead, we get gleeful statistics from the RCIPS showing the numbers of people they have targeted for this. There don’t appear to be one person ticketed for not signaling, especially at a roundabout!

How many accidents have been caused by illegal tints?

All that does is cause the public to almost hate the police and contribute to their reluctance to help them.

Two WRONGS don’t make a right. Therefore, YOU MUST do what is right. Come forward. PLEASE.