Latest update January 12th, 2025 3:54 AM
Latest News
- Weak governance often results in failed efforts to transform wealth to prosperity – Natural Resource Governance Institute
- Jagdeo was involved in every aspect of Exxon deal – Glenn Lall
- Israel steps up Gaza attacks amid renewed ceasefire push
- Gov’t to seek loan to build Corentyne River Bridge – Jagdeo
- Over a dozen Guyanese write US EXIM Bank for Gas-to-Energy documents
I did not shoot Shaquille Grant – accused policeman tells court
Police Constable, Terrence Wallace told the court yesterday that he did not fire any shots at murdered Agricola youth, Shaquille Grant.
Grant, 17, of Lot 110 Caesar Street, Agricola, East Bank Demerara was shot and killed after ranks on a mobile police patrol swooped down on a group of youths in the community on September 11, 2012.
Murdered:
Shaquille Grant
Subsequent to investigations, Tactical Services Unit (TSU) ranks Terrence Wallace, Warren Blue and Jamal Lewis were charged for the murder. The latter two had reportedly evaded the course of justice. Lance Corporal Blue subsequently met his demise during his involvement in a botched robbery attack last December.
Wallace is on trial for Grant’s murder before Justice Navindra Singh and a mixed jury at the Georgetown High Court.
The matter is being prosecuted by State Counsel Judith Gildharie-Murslain and Narissa Leander. Attorney Sonia Parag is providing legal representation to the accused.
After electing to give the court a sworn statement yesterday, the policeman recounted that he was on mobile duty in Kitty on the day that Grant was shot and killed. He recalled that while at Kitty, he received a telephone call from his cousin Travis David, who lived in Agricola.
Wallace said that his cousin informed him that a group of boys had gathered in his (cousin’s) yard. He recalled that his cousin had called a second time to relate that more boys were in the yard. The accused said that as a result, he relayed the information to Corporal Blue, who along with other ranks, were on patrol not too far from the area.
The officer said that he also left Kitty and headed to Agricola, where they met the boys in the yard. He said that as they approached the gang, one of the boys, Romell Bollers pulled out a gun and fired a shot in their direction.
Wallace said that he immediately returned fire, targeting Bollers. The officer related that he shot the suspect but at the same time, two other gun shots were fired from behind him; he did not know who fired the shots.
Wallace told the court that he subsequently told the boys to lie on the ground as he proceeded to pick up the gun Bollers had – it was a .38 revolver with five matching rounds. The officer said that afterwards he noticed Grant had been shot. The accused told the court he did not shoot Grant because he posed no threat to him. He later clarified that he had no cause to shoot him.
Prior to his statement, the evidence of Troy Greenidge, another boy who was present at the time of the shooting was admitted into the trial.
The evidence was read aloud to the court by police inspector, Stephen Telford. In his evidence Telford related that Greenidge implicated Wallace in the death of Shaquille Grant. He had told investigators that it was Wallace who fired the first shot which hit both Bollers and Grant. According to the information Greenidge provided at the initial stages of the trial, the bullet which injured Bollers also hit Grant to the head.
The trial is expected to resume on Thursday for summing up and deliberations by the jury.
Similar Articles
THE BLUNT OF THE DAY
Sports
Features/Columnists
Jagdeo’s press conferences are about grievance rather than governance
Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- When it comes to political irony, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has ascended to a position... more
Clarifying misconceptions about the Panama Canal
Sir Ronald Sanders (Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the US and the OAS) By Sir Ronald Sanders Kaieteur News–... more
Weekend Cartoon
