Cazual Conversation

There were two clues that the Jamaican representative to our newsroom, Kim Anderson, went home while on vacation last week.

One was the contraption on her head Monday, which appeared to be what you would get if a floormat and a handkerchief were allowed to mate.

The second was the appearance on my desk of some of the greatest newspapers ever.

“SEX KILLED CHURCH SISTER?”

That’s the real headline on The Weekend Star April 4 edition.

Subhead: “Christian lover charged with manslaughter”

Teaser copy, also on the front page: “Court seeks to find out if choir director’s death was caused by heated sexual intercourse with her church brother.”

And unlike U.S. TV., the story reflected the headline perfectly.

Intrepid reporter Rasbert Turner told us that Robert Morgan was charged with manslaughter “after one of his church sisters collapsed and died while they were having sex.”

No details were spared, although I’ll spare you the details. Witnesses did say that “the sexual activities between (the two) were sometimes heated.”

I guess so.

In other Jamaican news that week, a “fake forensic expert” was jailed, but not until after he testified in 700 cases over 26 years. The judge described the defendant as a “inveterate and compulsive liar.”

Kim, an astute lass when not in one of her Jamaican fogs, was quick to point out to me that The Weekend Star is not the paper where she was employed before moving here.

Too bad.

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