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Marudi beating incident…Cop charged with four counts of assault
Police Corporal Nafaste Morris, of 7 Ogle Front, East Coast Demerara, appeared yesterday before Sueanna Lovell at the Georgetown Magistrate’s court where he pleaded not guilty to four counts of assault when charges were
Corporal Nafaste Morris
read to him.
According to the facts of the prosecution revealed to the court by Alexis David-Hossanah, when police ranks accompanied officials from the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) on February 27, to clear a number of illegal miners from the Marudi mining district, the 31-year-old defendant, with a piece of branch removed from a tree, inflicted several blows on Varona Prince, and her two sons, Errol Prince and Lorenzo Prince. The victims were civilians who were lying on a trail to protest their removal from a particular area, along with others. Further, it was alleged that on the same day in question, the defendant assaulted Otillo Perriera.
Appearing in Morris’ defence was Counsel Patrice Henry who requested reasonable bail for his client based on the fact that the allegations were never made when the defendant was acting in the execution of his duties.
The corporal was subsequently granted bail to the tune of $20,000 for each assault against the four complainants, which amounted to a total of $80,000.
Morris is scheduled to make his next court appearance on May 20.
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