Brit tourist chased and shot dead while on holiday at luxury villa in Jamaica

04 January 2023 , 01:12

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A British tourist has died after being shot multiple times at a guest house in Jamaica (Image: Airbnb)

A British tourist has died after he was shot multiple times while holidaying at a luxury villa in Jamaica.

Personal trainer Sean Patterson, 33, from West London, was reportedly gunned down during a stay at the One Love Guest House in Bogue Hill, St James on Saturday.

Jamaica Constabulary Force told the PA news agency officers from Montego Bay Police had received reports the 33-year-old was standing by the accommodation's on-site pool when witnesses heard “loud explosions”.

Mr Patterson, a British national, was then shot multiple times after a short chase. He was transported to hospital with gunshot wounds to his upper body and head, but was unable to be revived.

A 34-year-old man from Kingston, Jamaica has been now taken into custody in connection with the incident, according to local media, who additionally reported that he had been deported from the United Kingdom in 2013.

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Sean Patterson, 33 from West London was reportedly shot by a man with a handgun at the One Love Guest House in St James (Airbnb)

A Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) spokesperson confirmed to PA they were currently “supporting the family of a British man who died in Jamaica and are in contact with the local authorities”.

Mr Patterson is understood to have been in the country since December 29.

He is the first person to have been murdered in the parish of St James this year, with the suburban area reporting a total of 198 murders in 2022.

Jamaica as a whole meanwhile reported 1,421 killings out of a total population of 2.8 million people at start of December, outpacing the 1,375 killings in the same period last year, a spokesman with Jamaica’s Constabulary Force told The Associated Press.

The prime minister declared a widespread state of emergency last month in response to a surge in gang violence on the island

Last October Jamaica’s broadcasting regulator also moved to ban music and TV broadcasts deemed to glorify or promote criminal activity, including violence, drug use, scamming and weapons.

Benedict Tetzlaff-Deas