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– denied food, water,Jason Peters Eagles Jersey, phone call A mother is furious at police ranks who allegedly detained her 18 year old son for over 18 hours without food or water, and not allowing him to make a phone call.Rawle Carter of Fort Ordance Housing Scheme in East Canje was arrested two Sundays ago and detained in the Central Police Station lockups with three others civilians in connection with a rape allegation.Carter told reporters that he had attended a birthday party near his home. He subsequently went to the scene of a fire in Cumberland and then to a ‘fish-fry’ in Canefield,Dorial Green-Beckham Eagles Jersey, East Canje.He stated that he was on his way home at about 22:00 hrs when a group of joint services ranks ordered him to dismount his bicycle.According to Carter,Sean Lissemore Chargers Jersey, although he explained that he was heading home, the ranks ordered him to sit in a police bus which was parked nearby.His bicycle was placed into a silver-grey car.The young man, who attended the Kuru Kuru Cooperative College in 2009 and 2010 where he took courses of plumbing and metal-work, stated that,Justin Hunter Dolphins Jersey, after the bus did not start the ranks radioed for another police vehicle.Carter and the other men were bundled into a pickup and taken to the Central Police Station without being told the reason for their arrest.He alleged that at the station,Brandon Doughty Dolphins Jersey, an officer told his colleagues to book him and the other men for rape.Rawle Carter and his mother“I can’t even explain how I felt. I was never involved in any police story before, I was never arrested. I was never charged. I don’t know who was raped, when the incident took place.”Carter, who is aspiring to a career in the military, stated that his request for a phone call was met with a series of expletives.They were booked and placed in the lock up. Some time after midnight they were taken out of the lockups,Brent Celek Eagles Jersey, told to strip to their underwear, and examined for bruises and tattoos. None was found and they were returned to the lockups where they remained until the following day.The teen alleged that the next day,Isaiah Pead Dolphins Jersey, they were again taken out of the lockups and forced to give statements without being informed about their legal rights.He was then returned to the lockups.Around twilight on Monday Carter and the other suspects were taken to the CID Department, questioned again, and then released.By then, his mother and brother had learned of his arrest and were at the station.After returning to the station last Tuesday and Wednesday with his mother,King Dunlap Chargers Jersey, they were met by a senior superintendent of police.The officer then informed Cater that he was cleared of the allegation and apologized on behalf of his ranks for the treatment that had been meted out to the teen.A staunch Christian,Randall Cunningham Eagles Jersey, Carter said that while he is angry at the unprofessional ranks, he still wants to enlist in the Guyana Defence Force. |
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