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A team on investigators from the Police Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) was dispatched to Lethem to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of a prisoner in the lock-ups of the Lethem Police Station.The body of 36 year old Roy Bovelle was discovered hanging from the grillwork of the station lock-ups when checks were made at around 08:00 hours yesterday.Police in a statement issued yesterday said that Bovelle of Tabatinga,Terry Bradshaw Steelers Jersey UK, Lethem was the only prisoner in the lock-ups yesterday,Ray Nitschke Packers Jersey UK, having been arrested at about 19:45 hours on Saturday after he was found in possession of 60 grams of cannabis sativa (marijuana).According to the police,Jared Cook Packers Jersey UK, ranks had earlier visited the lock-ups at 06:15 hours and Bovelle,Julian Edelman Patriots Jersey UK, who was described as a hustler,Devonta Freeman Falcons Jersey UK, was alive and well.However when they returned about two hours later,Grady Jarrett Falcons Jersey UK, they discovered what appeared to be a shoe lace tightly wrapped around his neck and attached to the grillwork.Investigators will have to look into how Bovelle got possession of a shoe lace,Jack Butler Steelers Jersey UK, which is among several items prohibited in police lock-ups.“When you are being placed into the lock-ups,Robert Alford Falcons Jersey UK, they are supposed to search you and ensure that they strip you of your belt and shoe laces or anything that you can use to harm yourself or any other person in there,” a source who is attached to the OPR told this newspaper. There are also reports,LeGarrette Blount Patriots Jersey UK, that a man who was called to clean the cell that Bovelle was in had seen blood stains there.The man was also reportedly seen with bloodstains on his clothing after he had completed cleaning the cell.Bovelle’s body is at the Lethem Hospital Mortuary awaiting a post mortem examination. |
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