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Captured gunman admits to involvement in attacks on Police Stations, High Court

Nov 29, 2010 News

– fingers overseas-based ex-soldier as arms supplier

Captured gunman Colin Jones has reportedly admitted to his involvement in the November 2009 coordinated attacks on two police stations, the bungled arson attempt at the Supreme Court and the kidnapping and murder of miner Wodette Roberts called ‘Buckman’.
Kaieteur News understands that the 21-year-old has also fingered a former Guyana Defence Force Lieutenant, believed to be residing overseas, as one of the persons who has been supplying the gang with weapons.
Police have been seeking assistance from US officials in locating ex-soldier George Lashley, who is believed to be one of the gang’s masterminds.
Jones reportedly told investigators that he and other gang members were being financed from a US-based group that would send “US$500” every month.
Meanwhile, a police official said that the suspect is likely to appear in court next week on a series of charges.
According to an official, Jones, called ‘Bunny’, is to be placed on an identification parade today.
Meanwhile, police are trying to locate the self-confessed gunman’s mother and brother.
In November, 2009, there was an arson attempt at the Supreme Court Registry. On the same day, gunmen discharged several rounds at the Brickdam Police Station and the East Ruimveldt Police Outpost.
Police allege that Jones and the now dead Kurt Thierens were identified among the attackers, who also abducted and killed gold miner Wodette Roberts, whose body was found in a trail off the Soesdyke/Linden highway.
The vehicle he had been travelling in was torched.
Police subsequently issued wanted bulletins for Jones and Thierens, as well as for Charles Clarke called ‘Pumpkin’ or ‘Perkin’; Shawn Benn and Keith Ferrier.
Jones was captured on Friday, several hours after he had lobbed a grenade at police ranks who had confronted him at South Amelia’s Ward, Linden.
He subsequently led police to an area up the Kara Kara Creek where two bodies were recovered from shallow graves.
The victims were identified on Saturday as Kurt Thierens and Adriano Tracey.
The post mortem revealed that Tracey was shot four times; once in the head, once in the back and twice in the left hand.
One of the bullets severed the tips of two fingers on his left hand while another fractured his left wrist and entered his left side.
Tracey was slain about four days ago while Thierens may have been killed on November 12.
Adriano Tracey’s mother, Mrs. Lucinda Tracey, told Kaieteur News that she was able to identify her son by his upper dentures. The dead man had a gold-capped tooth as well as a missing one.
Thierens’s body was in a more advanced state of decomposition. He had been shot in the head.
At the Kara Kara location, police recovered two AK 47 assault rifles without magazines, a quantity of 7.62 x 39 rounds, a grenade, two bullet-proof vests, and a several flares from a tarpaulin-covered camp.
A 10-foot boat with a five horsepower Yamaha outboard engine was also found in a swampy area adjoining the creek.
On Thursday at Amelia’s Ward, police recovered an AK- 47 rifle, seven magazines, 198 rounds of 7.62 x 39 ammunition, two pairs of handcuffs, one camouflage bullet-proof vest, a green long-sleeved overcoat, a green camouflage haversack and a bible.

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