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Obituaries
Singer found dead in London
By CMU Editorial | Published on Wednesday 25 March 2009
Ian Newtion, who had a 1990s hit under the name Scoobie Santino with the track ‘Money Honey’, has been found dead in an underpass at London’s Greenford Roundabout.
The forty-five year old reggae singer was thought to be on his way home after performing at a party at a local venue known as the Scout Hut when attackers slit his throat. A spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police explained: “It is unclear at this stage what time he left but it is believed he was making his way home when he was assaulted and received a severe cut to the neck”.
The dead man’s older brother Cleave has expressed his disbelief that someone of Newtion’s apparently peaceable character should have met his end in such a violent way. The BBC quote him as saying: “He was a very kind, mild-mannered, amiable and very amenable person, whose philosophy in life was to try to see the best in everyone. What is difficult is trying to imagine anything so violent happening to someone of Ian’s personality.”
Reggae star Lloyd Brown has paid tribute to Newtion via his MySpace page, saying “I had only met him once, with Sweetie Irie at a show in Leicester many years ago, a very jovial and respectful man”.
