Could there be justice for Romona Harris?

Jun 10, 2010 Letters

Dear Editor,
I read an article in the Kaieteur News, June 8th, 2010 edition captioned, “File on Diamond hit and run death with DPP” and immediately became angry to the point where tears came to my eyes.
The article reads in part that the case is at the point where the state is considering whether anyone will be charged in connection with the hit and run death of Romona Harris because “some mystery” surrounds the identity of the person who was at the wheel when the accident took place.
Now this is the point where tears came to my eyes because I see a situation developing here, wherein someone has lost her life in the most horrific fashion and nothing, really nothing seems to be done about it, albeit the scant regard the state has for human life.
The scenario that confronts us is that Romona Harris was struck from behind or mowed down to be exact by a driver who fled the scene. Police were able to track down the owner and most likely the driver of the uninsured vehicle.
From this point onwards a convoluted story was told to the investigators that he (driver) was not the driver of the vehicle but some phantom cousin who lives in the USA.
As far as my knowledge of the law goes the owner of the vehicle is the person who must be held responsible for the crime and not some story of an overseas based cousin. It is not the state’s responsibility to find this so called cousin; that is the owner’s problem.
Are our lawmen just playing dumb in verifying the alleged identity of a cousin by speaking to someone in anonymity who purported to have committed the crime but is unwilling to return to face prosecution?
Is this my gut feeling of these lawmen that they have bungled this homicidal death of an innocent person?
The story I am about to relate to my readers was taken from a court case I read sometime ago which is reminiscent of the said same situation taking place in the Romona Harris matter.
A gentleman was attacked and robbed by six men who brutally stabbed him in the process. They fled the scene at the sound of an approaching vehicle.
The victim was however able to identify one of the attackers by name which lead to the successful prosecution of the criminals. The point I am making here is that he was not required to positively identify all six of his attackers, one of them was enough.
The onus is now on that individual to go get the accomplices.
In the Romona Harris case the owner of the vehicle was found it is now his responsibility to prove them wrong.
The law is very clear on this note and the state needs to proceed with this case and ensure that justice is done.
Neil Adams

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