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Intelligence rank held for ‘Saga’ murder
– allegedly loaned firearm to killer
Detectives have detained a police Intelligence rank who allegedly loaned a handgun to the individual accused of robbing and killing Godfrey Scipio called ‘Saga’ last month.
The police constable was taken into custody yesterday and has been grilled about the whereabouts of the firearm. He is said to be a friend of the accused, who has since been charged with murder.
Scipio, 58, of D’Urban Street, Wortmanville, was shot in the chest and relieved of a gold chain on October 12, last, shortly after leaving a hotel in Kitty. He succumbed at the Woodlands Hospital.
The killer had allegedly borrowed the gun from an associate.
Dead: Godfrey Scipio called ‘Saga’
Police have since charged Aubrey Bobb, 26, of Kitty, Georgetown, with Scipio’s murder. He resides a short distance from the hotel where the victim was shot.
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There are some police who are determined to stain the force and put the GPF in the news for all the wrong reasons.
What a beautiful country the police are loaning out their weapons to criminals to commit crimes. Throw both of them in jail and throw the keys away.