Ignatius Williams, a notorious figure of the Saint Martin’s de Porres area, was convicted late on Monday, October 21, 2019 in the Supreme Court for the stabbing of a field service technician of Belize City. A jury of nine stepped into the deliberating room before noon and emerged some three hours later concluding that Williams is guilty of attempted murder. Williams was charged with the attempted murder of Jerome Sylvester Locke, which occurred on October 23, 2015 at the corner of Fern Lane and Jasmine Streets in Belize City. Locke survived and when the trial started before Justice Colin Williams, he testified as the Crown’s main witness. Williams was unrepresented and denied the allegation but the jury found him guilty. Justice Williams sentenced him to two years imprisonment.
Locke testified that he and two other men were riding bicycles on Fern Lane, returning from his girlfriend’s house, when he was approached by Williams. Uncertain if it was he that Williams was talking to, Locke got off his bicycle and a man who was on a motorcycle approached him, asked a question, and then left. Locke says Williams returned and they got into a heated exchange and he was stabbed. Williams is no stranger to police or the courts. He has been charged for rape, attempted murder, and other offenses.
