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May 13, 2012 News

 

Relatives of murder suspect call on police to investigate properly

 

Relatives of Ray Yokum, who is in police custody for the robbery/murder of Glen Xavier on Tuesday last, are calling on the police to carry out a proper investigation.
Xavier was shot on D’Urban Street, Werk-en-Rust during a robbery by a two-member gang. He died at the Georgetown Public Hospital.
The relatives of the suspect believe that Yokum is being labeled as the “usual suspect” without any evidence to substantiate his present incarceration.
The 29-year-old Yokum of Lime Street, Werk-En-Rust is being held in police custody at the Brickdam Police Station, while Alberttown Police Station is proceeding with investigations.
Miners Glen Xavier and Orin John were attacked at the Corn Bread Mini Mart located at D’Urban and Lime Streets, Werk-En-Rust Tuesday night by two men who, after shooting them, stole an undisclosed amount of cash and escaped on two Honda CG Motorcycles.
Glen Xavier succumbed to his injuries Wednesday morning at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) while the other injured man remains a patient in the High Dependency Unit (HDU) of the same hospital.
Yokum’s mother, Joan Rosemay, said that on Thursday, her son was picked up in front of Trans Pacific Motor Spares & Auto Sales at Good Hope, East Coast Demerara by the police in connection with an alleged “break and enter.”
She explained that since her son was incarcerated at Camp Street prison for several months, before being freed this year after no one turned up at court to give evidence despite an ID parade, he has been targeted by police as a usual suspect for random crimes.
“When I go to the station the police say they can’t loose him now, since they are doing investigation because they just get a confidential call that he was one of them men in the robbery/murder on D’Urban Street. This man works taxi and is not one of the persons who they say was on a CG motorcycle that did the robbery,” Miss Rosemay lamented.
Rosemay explained that if police were to carry out proper investigations, they would not have to pick up persons randomly and then investigate.
“What I want to know is every time they get a crime, why do they have to pick him up? They need to get their information right…Now they say they want to charge him with the murder.”
Rosemay noted that her son has two children that he cares for and she is certain that her son was not involved in any robbery/murder last Tuesday.
“The police say is two boys on a CG and my son don’t ride no CG motorcycle. Police say was two tall boy, he is not tall either,” she explained.
Xavier, 32, of Harlem, West Coast Demerara, and John, of St. Cuthbert Mission, were drinking near the entrance of the popular nightspot when two men on a motorcycle stopped outside the premises.
One of the men, who brandished a handgun, entered the establishment and pointed the firearm at John and Xavier demanding their money.
An eyewitness claimed that after the gunman pointed the gun at the victims and demanded money, they (victims) hesitated. This angered the bandit, causing him to “shoot at both victims.”
“After he shoot at dem, he stand up watching dem li’l bit, then they pick up the bag and wallet and walk out to the road.” A source said that the victims were carrying a large sum of money.

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