Another murder while on honeymoon
Discussion
Lakeland9 said:
I personally think Mauritius is dangerous. The OH and I were mugged in broad daylight by three scrotes there just outside our hotel. I managed to get a good one in on one of them and he called off the other two, one of which was trying to pull my wife's wedding ring off.
May be we were just unlucky, and so was this poor girl but I can think of no place I'd sooner not visit.
There is a drug and poverty problem which the Mauritian government try to keep quiet but every now and again it breaks through. Unless people stay away there is no incentive for them to do anything about it.
As I've said above, it's no worse than any other 'nice' holiday destination. Maybe you've been unlucky and I've been lucky.May be we were just unlucky, and so was this poor girl but I can think of no place I'd sooner not visit.
There is a drug and poverty problem which the Mauritian government try to keep quiet but every now and again it breaks through. Unless people stay away there is no incentive for them to do anything about it.
Once you've been mugged it's going to make you wary of the place it happened, so I can understand your point of view even though I don't believe it's a fair representation of the place as a whole.
I do think though that the more we have these all-inclusive resorts where you are effectively confined to your hotel unless there's a group excursion is a retrograde step.
Maybe it's just me, but I've never been able to sit in one place for too long so wherever I go on holiday I always rent a car and explore.
As you say, it may be the luck of the draw,although I remember one of the hotel staff saying to me after the event:
" there are too many people on this island who think that all they have to do is to attack tourists so they can buy drugs,lay around and not work.."
I don't say it couldn't have happened elsewhere, but I think there is more of an underlying problem than you imply.
Anyhow, holiday destinations are personal choice for all of us and you'll understand why I've made mine about Mauritius.
" there are too many people on this island who think that all they have to do is to attack tourists so they can buy drugs,lay around and not work.."
I don't say it couldn't have happened elsewhere, but I think there is more of an underlying problem than you imply.
Anyhow, holiday destinations are personal choice for all of us and you'll understand why I've made mine about Mauritius.
FasterFreddy said:
hornetrider said:
How helpful.
I thought reviews were approved before being published on Tripadvisor?
Terribly helpful that. The hotel is finished now. Sell/rebrand/clean slate.
FasterFreddy said:
Lakeland9 said:
I personally think Mauritius is dangerous. The OH and I were mugged in broad daylight by three scrotes there just outside our hotel. I managed to get a good one in on one of them and he called off the other two, one of which was trying to pull my wife's wedding ring off.
May be we were just unlucky, and so was this poor girl but I can think of no place I'd sooner not visit.
There is a drug and poverty problem which the Mauritian government try to keep quiet but every now and again it breaks through. Unless people stay away there is no incentive for them to do anything about it.
As I've said above, it's no worse than any other 'nice' holiday destination. Maybe you've been unlucky and I've been lucky.May be we were just unlucky, and so was this poor girl but I can think of no place I'd sooner not visit.
There is a drug and poverty problem which the Mauritian government try to keep quiet but every now and again it breaks through. Unless people stay away there is no incentive for them to do anything about it.
Once you've been mugged it's going to make you wary of the place it happened, so I can understand your point of view even though I don't believe it's a fair representation of the place as a whole.
That said, I must agree with FasterFreddy that problems like these exist everywhere. Think about it - the luxury resorts are never far (as the crow flies) from relative poverty, be it in Mauritius, Sharm, the Caribbean, Thailand, etc. Tourists coming in and out, incredibly rich by local standards, must surely seem an easy target to any such place's unsavoury characters.
To abstain from visiting anywhere that mugging/theft might present a risk would be to exclude everywhere.
Went to Antigua for Christmas. Strolled around the capital St Johns (open sewers/drains, ramshackle shops/buildings, pretty much third world). While the place is friendly enough on the surface I wonder how the locals feel abut all the designer stores down by the waterfront selling Panerai's, Rolexes, Cartier jewellery, and diamonds etc to the punters coming in on the cruise ships.
audidoody said:
Went to Antigua for Christmas. Strolled around the capital St Johns (open sewers/drains, ramshackle shops/buildings, pretty much third world). While the place is friendly enough on the surface I wonder how the locals feel abut all the designer stores down by the waterfront selling Panerai's, Rolexes, Cartier jewellery, and diamonds etc to the punters coming in on the cruise ships.
The taxi driver who gave us a tour of Antigua thought the almost total concentration on tourism from cruise ships by the government was a big mistake as there was no diversity in the economy. The dredging for the harbour had also ruined a lot of the coral on that side of the island. If the cruise ships went elsewhere Antigua would be in deep trouble as there is not much to fall back on.Two men have been found not guilty of murdering newlywed Michaela McAreavey in her honeymoon suite in Mauritius.
The 27-year-old teacher from Northern Ireland was killed in January 2011.
She was the daughter of one of Ireland's best known sports figures, Mickey Harte, manager of the Tyrone gaelic football team.
Avinash Treebhoowoon, 32, and Sandip Moneea, 43, both worked at the hotel where Mrs McAreavey was killed.
In a statement, the McAreavey and Harte families said that following the endurance of "seven harrowing weeks of this trial" there were no words, which could "describe the sense of devastation and desolation now felt by both families".
The trial at the Supreme Court in Mauritius lasted more than seven weeks. It was initially expected to last two weeks but turned into one of the longest trials in Mauritian legal history.
There were cheers from the public gallery in court after the two men were found not guilty.
The McAreaveys have left the court.
Both Avinash Treebhoowoon and Sandip Moneea said they were happy at the verdict but sad for the McAreaveys.
The lawyers of the two men were carried down the stairs of the court on the shoulders of jubilant supporters.
The police and prosecution said Mrs McAreavey had been murdered after disturbing thieves in her room.
The doctor who carried out the post mortem examination said she died as a result of asphyxiation caused by compression to the neck.
Her said her bruises and tissue damage showed this was caused by the grip of a hand to her throat and the pressing of a forearm around her collarbone.
Avinash Treebhoowoon said he had confessed to the murder only after being beaten and threatened by police.
A key witness was another man initially arrested, former room attendant Raj Theekoy.
He had been charged with failing to come to Mrs McAreavey's aid after claiming to have heard her cries for help.
However, he was granted immunity in return for his testimony.
He said he saw both accused leaving the McAreaveys' room around the time of the murder.
Oxfordshire-based forensic scientist Susan Woodroffe said no DNA from either of the accused was found in the McAreaveys' hotel room or on Michaela's body.
Mrs McAreavey's father, Mickey Harte, is one of the most respected figures in gaelic football, a sport which is hugely popular in Ireland.
Thousands of mourners attended Michaela's funeral near her family home in Ballygawley, County Tyrone.
The 27-year-old had married John McAreavey just 12 days before she was murdered, and was buried in her wedding dress.
The 27-year-old teacher from Northern Ireland was killed in January 2011.
She was the daughter of one of Ireland's best known sports figures, Mickey Harte, manager of the Tyrone gaelic football team.
Avinash Treebhoowoon, 32, and Sandip Moneea, 43, both worked at the hotel where Mrs McAreavey was killed.
In a statement, the McAreavey and Harte families said that following the endurance of "seven harrowing weeks of this trial" there were no words, which could "describe the sense of devastation and desolation now felt by both families".
The trial at the Supreme Court in Mauritius lasted more than seven weeks. It was initially expected to last two weeks but turned into one of the longest trials in Mauritian legal history.
There were cheers from the public gallery in court after the two men were found not guilty.
The McAreaveys have left the court.
Both Avinash Treebhoowoon and Sandip Moneea said they were happy at the verdict but sad for the McAreaveys.
The lawyers of the two men were carried down the stairs of the court on the shoulders of jubilant supporters.
The police and prosecution said Mrs McAreavey had been murdered after disturbing thieves in her room.
The doctor who carried out the post mortem examination said she died as a result of asphyxiation caused by compression to the neck.
Her said her bruises and tissue damage showed this was caused by the grip of a hand to her throat and the pressing of a forearm around her collarbone.
Avinash Treebhoowoon said he had confessed to the murder only after being beaten and threatened by police.
A key witness was another man initially arrested, former room attendant Raj Theekoy.
He had been charged with failing to come to Mrs McAreavey's aid after claiming to have heard her cries for help.
However, he was granted immunity in return for his testimony.
He said he saw both accused leaving the McAreaveys' room around the time of the murder.
Oxfordshire-based forensic scientist Susan Woodroffe said no DNA from either of the accused was found in the McAreaveys' hotel room or on Michaela's body.
Mrs McAreavey's father, Mickey Harte, is one of the most respected figures in gaelic football, a sport which is hugely popular in Ireland.
Thousands of mourners attended Michaela's funeral near her family home in Ballygawley, County Tyrone.
The 27-year-old had married John McAreavey just 12 days before she was murdered, and was buried in her wedding dress.
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