IN the wake of Tuesday night’s brutal murder of a 20-year-old transgender commercial sex worker identified as Noel Luther, called ‘Nephi’, of D’urban Street, Georgetown, who was fatally shot by one of two men at Quamina and Carmichael Streets, Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum has said the police are reviewing footage, but declined to say from where the footage was acquired.Blanhum said the Police are pursuing the suspects, although no arrests have yet been made.

Luther was reportedly shot once to the chest in the vicinity of the Bishops’ High School around 02:35hrs yesterday morning, when he was confronted by two men during an argument.

Reports said a male client had earlier visited the transgender sex worker for a paid sexual encounter, but apparently he was not satisfied with the services he received and returned to Luther, after which he asked that he be refunded his money.
After Luther did not hand over the money, the client left but returned with another man and a heated row erupted, during which Luther was shot by one of the men, who reportedly fled the scene in a sports utility vehicle.
Luther was conveyed to the Georgetown Public Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Meanwhile, several days ago to mark the first anniversary of the fatal stabbing of two transgender sex workers at Leopold Street, Werk-en-Rust, members of the Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD), held a candlelight vigil for the duo who were brutally killed by the former male lover of a colleague, who took his own life after the incident.

By Michel Outridge