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The preliminary inquiry into the deaths of West Coast Berbice teenagers Isiah and Joel Henry is expected to commence on March 16.  This was revealed by police prosecutor, Inspector Phillip Sheriff when the matter was called in the Blairmount Magistrates’ Court, this morning before magistrate Peter Hugh.

 

According to Sheriff, the police plans on calling some 27 witnesses in the matter. The court was told that there will be two separate Preliminary Inquiries against the suspects, Anil Sancharra, Vinod Gopaul, and Akaska Singh.

 

The Guyana Police Force is reporting that the men were hauled before the court based on a confession, however, the Henry family is not buying the confession story and want the police to come with sound evidence.

 

Two of the suspects professed their innocence of the crime to members of the media during their first court appearance.

 

Joel and Isiah’s mutilated bodies were discovered on September 6th, 2020 at Cotton Tree on the West Coast of Berbice. Both Joel and Isiah had their spines severed and had chop wounds about their bodies.

The Jamaican Observer News has reported a 300 pound cocaine bust on the island. According to the news report the drugs were found in two of six transshipment containers that arrived on the island from Guyana en route to Haiti and China.

According to the newspapers, while searching the containers, Narcotics Police accompanied by members of the Jamaican Customs Contraband Enforcement Team reportedly found a total of 122 packages (110 in one and 12 in another), each with compressed white substance resembling cocaine.

The total weight of the drugs is approximately 139.4 kilograms (307 pounds) and the estimated street value is US$6.59 million. No one has been arrested in connection with the seizure so far the papers said.

The Guyana Defense Force is today investigation several allegations of sexual assault leveled against some of it ranks. The GDF in a press statement said recent investigations of misconduct and breaches of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) by some of Officers at Base Camp Ayanganna. The GDF said it learned of an allegation of possible sexual assault by one of its officers against another. Given the nature and seriousness of the allegation, the matter was reported to the Guyana Police Force which has undertaken an investigation.

According to the release, the GDF is committed to a full and thorough investigation into this matter and to ensuring that all ranks found culpable for any other misconduct or breaches of SOPs are disciplined in full accordance with the Defence Act and Force Regulations.

The army has said that it recognises that the recent allegations of sexual assaults against its ranks require immediate strategies beyond its current training regimen. This will specifically and directly address such deviant behaviours by some within the organisation. it is said that in this regard, the force intends to solicit the necessary expertise in crafting and implementing a strategy aimed at holistically addressing the issue.

 

 

The Guyana Police Force is today reporting that a 94 year old Corentyne  pensioner has denied being raped, when men invaded her home.

The police in a statement said the pensioner met with a social workers in the presence of police officers and it was there that she vehemently denied being sexually assaulted.

The Police have said that both the virtual compliant and suspects were interviewed intensely but not useful information was obtained. All of the suspects have been released but are expected to report periodically at an identified station until the investigation is completed.

It was a relative of the woman who made the allegation that the pensioner was sexually assaulted after it was found that her face and mouth were swollen and there were blood stains on her underwear.