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<span style="font-weight: bold">VIVIAN BLAKE 'KILLED' BROTHER? - Accused him of mishandling money </span>
Police are probing information that former Shower Posse high-ranking member, the late Vivian Blake, instigated the murder of his own brother because of differences over money.
Blake's brother, 50-year-old businessman Paul Anthony Bruce, was shot dead on November 1 last year after gunmen invaded his upscale home in Smokey Vale, St Andrew. Bruce was shot and killed on the spot while his personal chef was shot and injured in the attack.
THE WEEKEND STAR has learnt that the infamous Blake was the mastermind behind the murder.
Members of the underworld, including thugs from west Kingston and men as far as Clarendon, claim this is no secret in their circles.
Upon returning to his homeland on January 29 last year after spending more than eight years behind bars in the United States, the brothers relationship is said to have quickly gone sour following accusations of Bruce mishandling Blake's funds.
<span style="font-weight: bold">While Blake was incarcerated, Bruce was said to have been responsible for the handling of money generated from business entities in which he was involved. </span>
<span style="font-weight: bold">different stories </span>
<span style="font-style: italic">"Hear wah gwaan now mi link, Vivian deh a prison a foreign eno but a him brother use to govern certain tings and did a lock di money fi him ... So after him come back and settle now and start check pon him funds him realise seh things naw add up so it cause a thing between di two a dem," one gang member said.</span>
When contacted, Head of the Criminal Investigation Branch, Assistant Commissioner Les Green, <span style="font-weight: bold">confirmed that the police have heard such arguments and are looking into it. </span>
He, however, said that there were also other arguments, none of which have been verified by the police.
<span style="font-weight: bold">"We have heard different stories behind the murder but we cannot confirm any one right now but investigations are still open and ongoing," ACP Green told THE WEEKEND STAR. </span>
Blake died on March 21 at the University Hospital of the West Indies after reportedly suffering from diabetes for sometime. While in the United States, he was sentenced to 28 years for admitting to racketeering and criminal conspiracy but never faced a jury after inking a plea-bargain deal.
He was buried on Apil 10 in a rather low-keyed funeral.
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