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The Guyana Police Force is contemplating criminal proceedings against two of its ranks following the escape of two prisoners from the Leonora Police Station on Sunday.News of the escape was disclosed by Commissioner of Police (ag) Leroy Brumell, yesterday, during an address to junior officers at the official opening of their statutory training course.A livid Brumell explained that the prisoners,Cheap NFL Jerseys, one of whom was being held for armed robbery and the other for indecent assault,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, managed to prise their way out of the lock-ups and even had time to collect some of their belongings which were in the custody of the police before disappearing from sight.The Police Commissioner (ag) said that while the investigations are still in progress, there appears to be some amount of criminality on the part of the ranks who were left to guard them.According to Brumell,nfl jerseys china, investigators have found that two pages containing the prisoners’ individual information were missing from the police records, an apparent attempt by those responsible at a cover-up.Kaieteur news was told that sometime between 03:45 hours and 08:00 hours on Sunday,Wholesale NFL Jerseys 2018, the men made good their escape.At the time of the escape,Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale, two ranks, a female Corporal and a male Constable,Cheap Jerseys Wholesale, were on duty. The escaped prisoners were the only two men in the lock-ups.“I told the Commander, I don’t think that an (escaping) prisoner has time to tear out a charge sheet.”Brumell suggested that “the ranks were sleeping,NFL Jerseys Cheap, the men broke out, collected their shoes and when they woke and didn’t find the men, they tore out the charge sheet.”“I’ve told the Commander to launch an investigation and we’re going criminally. If they (ranks) have to go before the court, then so be it,” Brumell threatened, adding that had not ruled out collaboration between the ranks and the prisoners.He referred to another recent case of prisoner escape in Berbice and declared that the force will have to arrest such occurrences before they get out of hand.“It’s obvious they (ranks) were sleeping. They are lucky that the men did not take the firearm that one of the ranks had in his possession,” Brumell said. |
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