Cops say that when Alston Smith went without permission on a property along Acadia Avenue, St Andrew, yesterday to pick soursops, it was not his first time committing such an act. Tragically, however, it was his last.

The 43-year-old man was mauled to death by some five Rottweiler dogs at the location.

Police yesterday told THE STAR that Smith, otherwise called 'Junior Pinn', of no fixed address, was known for waltzing on to premises in the Barbican Road and Acadia Avenue areas, taking fruits with him as he left.

"We are not sure what he did with them (fruits), whether he sold them or not," the policeman said. "But residents told us that it was something that he did very regularly."

The policeman, who said that yesterday's incident was very unfortunate, pointed out that Smith was apparently of unsound mind.

Reports are that Smith went to the premises in Kingston 8 sometime after 9:30 a.m. to pick soursops. While there, dogs belonging to the owner attacked and bit him all over the body. He reportedly died on the spot.

The police were subsequently alerted and investigators, who went to the scene, removed the mutilated body to the morgue for post-mortem. The police are yet to locate any relatives of the deceased. The Grants Pen police are investigating.