Residents of Mount
Carey in St. James and
the police remain tight-lipped on the killing of the British High Commission's
Honourary Consul at his home there on Wednesday evening.
Fifty-three year-old John Terry has been serving the High Commission in the area of tourism for more than 30 years.
Early Thursday morning, police detectives went back to the crime scene after spending hours there on Wednesday night, as they seek to unravel a motive behind the killing which has sent shock waves through the tourism sector.
Reports are that Mr. Terry was found in the nude on his bed with a knotted cloth around his neck just before one o'clock Wednesday afternoon.
This was hours after a young man was reportedly seen running from the house the previous night, and asking for directions to catch a cab to Montego Bay.
It is still not yet clear who discovered the body.
The BBC is reporting that a Foreign Office spokeswoman said it was in close contact with Jamaican police.
The Foreign Office also expressed sympathy to Mr. Terry's family at this difficult time.
RJR News sought a comment from the British High Commission and was told to email the request.
Up to newstime there had not been a response to our email.
Mr. Terry, a native of New Zealand, was made a Member of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II on July 31, 1992.
And Jamaica's image is coming under some pressure with extensive coverage of Mr. Terry's death in the British national media.
Britain's national news agency, the Press Association, which has wide distribution in the United Kingdom, has posted a story since Thursday morning.
A spokeswoman for the Foreign Office told the Press Association that she confirmed the death of the British Honourary Consul in Montego Bay, Jamaica.
The Spokeswoman expressed sympathy with the family at this difficult time.
The major daily newspapers, from respected broadsheet newspapers to the much racier tabloids, and television stations all have stories on their websites.
Most have images of Montego Bay or tourist locations accompanying the news story.
Analysts say negative reportage in the U.K. is often more damaging as all major media have national distribution unlike the United states where local media is stronger.
Fifty-three year-old John Terry has been serving the High Commission in the area of tourism for more than 30 years.
Early Thursday morning, police detectives went back to the crime scene after spending hours there on Wednesday night, as they seek to unravel a motive behind the killing which has sent shock waves through the tourism sector.
Reports are that Mr. Terry was found in the nude on his bed with a knotted cloth around his neck just before one o'clock Wednesday afternoon.
This was hours after a young man was reportedly seen running from the house the previous night, and asking for directions to catch a cab to Montego Bay.
It is still not yet clear who discovered the body.
The BBC is reporting that a Foreign Office spokeswoman said it was in close contact with Jamaican police.
The Foreign Office also expressed sympathy to Mr. Terry's family at this difficult time.
RJR News sought a comment from the British High Commission and was told to email the request.
Up to newstime there had not been a response to our email.
Mr. Terry, a native of New Zealand, was made a Member of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II on July 31, 1992.
And Jamaica's image is coming under some pressure with extensive coverage of Mr. Terry's death in the British national media.
Britain's national news agency, the Press Association, which has wide distribution in the United Kingdom, has posted a story since Thursday morning.
A spokeswoman for the Foreign Office told the Press Association that she confirmed the death of the British Honourary Consul in Montego Bay, Jamaica.
The Spokeswoman expressed sympathy with the family at this difficult time.
The major daily newspapers, from respected broadsheet newspapers to the much racier tabloids, and television stations all have stories on their websites.
Most have images of Montego Bay or tourist locations accompanying the news story.
Analysts say negative reportage in the U.K. is often more damaging as all major media have national distribution unlike the United states where local media is stronger.
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