By A.Pierre
Back in September 2010, two men who went missing during a fishing trip off Coetivy were found with their boat, but a third man in the group was never unaccounted for.
The official story went as such. They left Coetivy Island in
a 32ft white fibreglass boat Trial at about 7am on a fishing trip and were
expected back at around 3pm the same day; 1st of September 2010. However
they did not return. The men that were on board were George Athanase, Wilhem
Laurette – both Islands Development Company workers – and Mickey Lesperance, an
inmate on the Coetivy prison. Yes a prison inmate allowed to go on a fishing
trip; this is most odd in itself.
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The three missing men. From left to right: Laurette,
Athanase and Lesperance
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On being alerted that same evening, the IDC launched a major
search-and-rescue operation, both by air and sea, involving IDC planes, a
military plane and the coast guard patrol ship Topaz.
Not soon after George Athanase and Wilhem Laurette, both IDC
workers, were found by the Seychelles Coast Guard vessel Topaz.They were flown
to Victoria hospital for further observations and were released almost immediately.
Mickey Lesperance, a prison inmate from the Coetivy prison
was never found. The police started an investigation on what really happened to
him but still to this day, nothing!
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| Mickey Lesperance |
The strange unsolved case has many unanswered questions. Why
was a prison inmate allowed to go on a fishing trip? Why was he not accompanied
by prison guards? What were the duties of the 2 IDC workers? Was the official
story a lie? Why has the prison not made a report public? Was Mickey Lesperance
murdered? The people of Seychelles want to know the truth!
Source: http://www.seychelles-enews.com/September%205,%202010/soc1_two_missing_men.html
Source: http://www.seychelles-enews.com/September%205,%202010/soc1_two_missing_men.html
