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Sean Hinds surrenders to police, silent on ‘death squad’ claims
Sean Hinds (r), accompanied by Attorney-at-Law Nigel Hughes
head to CID Headquarters. (photo courtesy of HGP Nightly News)
Self-confessed ‘death squad’ member, Sean Hinds, surrendered to police yesterday, but the man who has been spilling his secrets on television appears to have now gone silent.
Hinds, accompanied by Attorney-at-Law Nigel Hughes, turned himself in at CID Headquarters, Eve Leary, and remained in custody. Kaieteur News understands that detectives questioned Hinds about a ‘serious offence’, as well as about his alleged links to a ‘death squad,’ which reportedly operated with the knowledge of senior police ranks.
“So far he is not cooperating with the police, as a number of questions have been put to him in the presence of his lawyer and his consistent response has been that he has nothing to say, based on advice of his lawyer,” a police release stated.
Hinds had said in a television interview that he was prepared to speak with Minister of State, Joseph Harmon about the work of the ‘death squad,’ but had indicated that he was unwilling to cooperate with the police.
One of the issues that police wanted to question Hinds about was the allegation that he conducted surveillance near the home of Prime Minister and First Vice President Moses Nagamootoo.
Nagamootoo had stated that on Tuesday, July 14, the security detail attached to his home noticed a strange car parked close by. He alleged that Sean Hinds was identified as the occupant of the car, and that the occupant of the vehicle sped away as the security staff approached.
Hinds has denied this claim.
Breaking his silence on allegations that have swirled around him for years, the former bodyguard of fired Town Clerk Carol Sooba
recently revealed on television that he was a member of a ‘death-squad’ which was set up to target criminals who were behind a spate of killings following the February 23, 2002 Mash Day jailbreak.
He claimed that the ‘death squad’ worked with members of the Police Force and he was among members who uplifted arms from CID Headquarters, Eve Leary.
It was headed by the late Alex Williams who had close links to former Home Affairs Minister, Ronald Gajraj.
Hinds claimed that he decided spill his secrets after attempts were made to implicate him in the killing of political activist Courtney Crum-Ewing.
Hinds said that he has taken the precaution of “making two or three tapes” which would be distributed to the media in the event that he was killed.
While Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, has said that the government would provide protection to informants, the same informants would face prosecution if it was established that they were “part of the criminal enterprise that was involved in killing people.”
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