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Alleged torture at Sparendaam…Inspector, Constable to face court

Jul 02, 2014 News

After more than a month, the police are finally preparing to charge two of its own as a result of the alleged torture of 19-year-old Junior Thornton. Kaieteur News understands that the Director of Public Prosecutions, Shalimar Ali-Hack, has concurred with the recommendations of the Chairman of the Police Complaints Authority, Cecil Kennard, to institute criminal charges against an Inspector and a Constable. Kennard had also recommended disciplinary action against three other ranks who were on duty at the time of the incident. On May 27 last, while Thornton was in custody at the Sparendaam Police Station, ranks there allegedly doused his hands with methylated spirits and set them alight causing him to receive severe injuries for which he had to be hospitalized. The file on the matter is expected to be handed over to the police today with the advice that the Constable be charged with Inflicting Grievous Bodily Harm, while the Inspector faces a charge of Attempting to Pervert the Course of Justice. There are reports that an attempt was made by the Inspector, acting on behalf of the rank directly involved in the alleged torture, to compensate Thornton for his injuries, by offering his father $100,000.

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