The family of Tony McDonald Leacock, who drowned at Paynes Bay beach, St James on Monday, would like to know more about the circumstances that led to their loved one’s death.Twenty-four hours after her brother’s body was brought to shore by a watersports operator who was alerted about the discovery, the deceased’s sister Susan Leacock said she had never known her 53-year-old brother to experience any difficulty at sea.According to police reports, Tony’s body was discovered around 1:15 p.m. Speaking from her mother’s residence in Durants Village, Holders Hill, St James, an arm’s length away from Tony’s home, Susan said that her brother could swim and he would normally ‘hang out’ at the beach with a group of friends but not go swimming.“One of the guys that normally is with him told him not to go to the beach, that he was washing some wares and to wait on him. Apparently he went along but he doesn’t normally go in the water,” she said.Susan said from all reports the sea conditions were favourable.
