Latest update December 30th, 2024 2:15 AM
Latest News
- Guyana to pay back US EXIM Bank US$316.2M in interest on US$527M Gas-to-Energy loan
- Three shot, two stabbed as Linden gangs clash
- Israeli forces order new evacuation of besieged northern Gaza town
- Father killed, son hospitalised in Rupununi Bee attack
- ExxonMobil bullish about seizing remaining opportunities in Stabroek Block before license expires in 2027
Eleven-year-old admits to being in fight but raises issues of abuse
Schoolboy killing…
As police continue their investigation into the death of 12-year-old Shemroy Anthony, the relatives of the other lad involved has sought to clear their side of the story.
Yesterday, the mother of the other lad involved, Joy John, admitted that the two children were involved in a fight. However, in her presence, the 11 year-old denied that at any point during the ‘brawl’ he picked up a piece of wood and lashed Anthony.
According to the 11 year-old, the fight started after Anthony began calling him a girl.
Dead: 12-year-old Shemroy Anthony
The lad recalled that after Anthony called him a girl there was an argument and a grown up who was around said, “Why you got da boy calling you a girl?” Some time after, during a game of cricket, the lad said the fight started and there was some amount of hitting.
The lad’s mother said that she is saddened at Anthony’s death but claimed that a thorough investigation needs to be done. The woman claimed that Anthony was a victim of child abuse from his stepfather and that many persons in the area can testify to this.
“I know there was a fight but that child use to get beat like a big man from he stepfather…That man would cuff that child up in he belly, beat he terrible,”. The woman said that her son has also been receiving threats from the Anthony’s family.
In the meantime the woman said that she will await the results of the police investigation and the post mortem examination.
On May 2 last, 12-year-old Shemroy Anthony was involved in a fight with an 11 year-old. Anthony’s parents say that ever since the fight the child was complaining of severe stomach aches and headaches but no proper examination was done by the doctors at the Georgetown Public Hospital.
On Tuesday last, the child who is a former student of the St Georges High School, died moments after being rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital.
Similar Articles
THE BLUNT OF THE DAY
Sports
Features/Columnists
Consent is not a veto
Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Bharrat Jagdeo, continues to muddle the discourse on the renegotiation of the Production... more
Breaking the Chains of Poverty: A need for political will
By Sir Ronald Sanders Kaieteur News- The year 2024 has underscored a grim reality: poverty continues to be an unyielding... more
Weekend Cartoon
