REWARD OFFER OF £500 IN TUCKER’S TOWN ASSAULT
Our "Who, Where and When" photos are usually exactly that! We want to know who is in the photo, where was it taken and when was it taken, so this is a photo of a sketch, with a major difference.
This sketch of a young man was created in early 1964, and was published in the media in February 1964 when it was described as an artist's impression of a man the police were seeking following an attempted rape in Tucker's Town. According to the Royal Gazette, it was drawn by "a member of the Police Force" from a description given by the victim of the attack.
The Police offered a reward of 500 pounds to anyone who provided information leading to the arrest of the suspect.
George Rose has written an excellent article about this case, which resulted in two Scotland Yard detectuves coming out to Bermuda to assist in the investigation, and the culprit was arrested, charged and convicted of what was described as an "utterly vicious and brutal attack".
CLICK HERE to read George Rose's article here on our ExPo website.
So why are we publishing the photo of this sketch in our "Who, Where and When" column?
Well, we were intrigued to see that the sketch was said to have been drawn by one of our police officers, and we were very interested in discovering who it was. We realize that the only people likely to know who it was would have been serving members in or before 1964.
25th March 2025
A SUSPECT BELIEVED TO HAVE DRAWN THE SKETCH OF THE ABOVE SUSPECT!
We have not had anyone come forward to either claim responsibility for drawing this sketch or to name who might have been the artist. However, we now have a "suspect"! While this sketch was being displayed here in our 'Who, Where and When column', we were saddened to hear of the passing of our good friend and former colleague Colin "Dusty"Hind who served in the Bermuda Police from 1962 - 1966.
In researching an article about Dusty for our "Hall of Fame" we learned that prior to joining the Bermuda Police he had attended Portsmouth Art College where he obtained an Arts Degree, and he was teaching (believed to be art) prior to coming to Bermuda in September 1962. That places him firmly in the Bermuda Police in 1964, and as artists are about as rare as "hen's teeth" in the Police Service we have excellent reason to believe that Dusty was the "artist" who drew the above sketch. After leaving the Police in 1966 Dusty was very actively involved in the arts throughout his life, and his wife, Barbara O'Shaunessy-Hind recenrtly advised me that Dusty did paint several portraits that she is aware of.
Based on the above circumstantial evidence I believe we can be 99% certain that it was Dusty who captured the suspect in the above sketch. Case closed!