Tragic: See Photos From Beautiful Wedding Minutes Before Groom Was Killed In Front Of His New Wife

A new bride was forced to watch her new
husband being shot dead by masked
gunmen at their Jamaican wedding
reception.
Jacqueline Cousins, 49, married Dameion
Cousins, 31, in an idyllic ceremony in the
Caribbean.
But hours later an armed gang burst into the
reception claiming the groom owed them
$10,000 Jamaican dollars – just $100 (USD).
They held the bride at gunpoint while Mr
Cousins was shot in the head outside in the
driveway.
Mrs Cousins, a family support worker, from
Hornsey, North London, said she has no idea
why the gang targeted her husband.
She said: “I started screaming and screaming
and I could not believe what I was seeing. I
lay down next to him and I put my head on
his chest. I realised he was dead.
We were just two people who really loved
each other and had taken that move to be
together and just a few hours later this is
what I was dealing with.”
The mother-of-seven first met Mr Cousins – a
songwriter and performer – when she visited
her parent’s home in Jamaica 11 years ago.
The couple did not begin dating until seven
years later when her previous marriage fell
apart.
After a long-distance romance Mr Cousins
proposed on New Year’s Day in 2012 and the
pair married in an intimate ceremony at his
home in Hart Hill, Jamaica, in July this year.
“It was absolutely beautiful,” said Mrs
Cousins. “There was a red carpet, and just 17
people there including us, with twinkling fairy
lights.
“I had picked flowers from my mother’s
garden and Dameion had made beautiful
pathway with them. I had never seen him so
happy.”
The reception was also held at the property
and Mr Cousins briefly left towards the end
of the evening to drop his two daughters
back to their mother’s house.
The new wife and her mother-in-law Dorothy,
80, were chatting in an upstairs bedroom
when two thugs burst in and demanded to
know “where is the Rasta?”
They claimed he owed them cash and one of
the intruders went in search of valuables. But
at that moment Mr Cousins pulled into the
drive and the women heard a number of
gunshots before the gunmen scarpered.
Distraught Mrs Cousins discovered her new
husband had been shot in the head and neck.
Recalling the attack, she said: “I was so
frightened I could barely lift my head to look
at them .
I told them that he was not there, that they
could take what they wanted, but it all
happened to quickly.”
Police arrested two men following the brutal
attack, but released them without charge and
no one has ever been caught or prosecuted.
The newlyweds planned to return to London
so Mrs Cousins could continue work and her
new husband could get a job.
Mrs Cousins, who returned to London in
August, said: “I just want answers. The two
men who killed my husband are still out
there.
Everybody loved Dameion. He got on with
everyone. I think it was simply jealousy that
he might have left the country and had a life
with me.”