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There is a big full tank of water in Gibraltar, St Ann, that no one uses, not even during times of drought. The tank has been in the community for more than 50 years, but now, just the sight of it makes residents shudder, as they remember the tragedy that took place there in October last year.

"At around 3 o'clock one Monday evening, we find somebody floating right at the surface," Charles Campbell, a resident of the community, told THE STAR.

The body was identified as 65-year-old Errol Slew, affectionately called Slewy, a farmer from the community.

Reports are that Slew was involved in a dispute with his girlfriend. He reportedly wounded her with a machete. Believing that she had died, Slew went to the tank and allegedly committed suicide.

And although the tank was eventually drained and cleaned by the St Ann Municipal Corporation, for Campbell and other residents of Gibraltar, nothing can wipe away the memory of a dead body floating in it.

"The parish council get people fi drain it out and clean it out, but all now nobody nuh use di wata. Yuh nuh see how it full to it head? It nah use," he said.