Cops question ‘Don Dick’s wife

Dec 03, 2017 News

Working on a possible motive for his execution, detectives were yesterday grilling the wife of Roger Bumbury, called ‘Don Dick’, as they try to track down the individuals who carried out the hit.
Two of the leads they are pursuing appear to have nothing to do with the criminal past of the one-time most wanted man.
One theory is that a Good Hope resident who had allegedly threatened to kill Bumbury may have organised the killing.
The victim’s wife, Abiola Duke, has reported to investigators that she overheard her husband speaking to the two individuals, whom she knows, before he was riddled with bullets.
These persons are nowhere to be found.
Bumbury was relaxing in his hammock in his verandah at his Lot 724 Good Hope home when a man in hoodie reportedly jumped his fence and shot him to the chest.
The gunman pursued him to the kitchen and put two bullets into his face and head, bringing an end to a criminal career that spanned more than 17 years.
Police recovered three .32 spent shells, along with a bullet at the scene.
Investigators also scoured the area in the futile hope of finding a surveillance camera that may have recorded the killer’s entry to Bumbury’s home.
According to reports, Bumbury was inside his home with his wife, Abiola Duke, around 23:45 hrs on Thursday, when someone called outside for him.
Bumbury allegedly went outside, spoke to the visitor, who then left. He eventually fell asleep in a hammock in his front verandah.
His wife told the police that she was asleep when she heard what sounded like gunshots. She also heard her husband screaming. While relatives reportedly told police that the 57-year-old made a living by rearing poultry, sources have also suggested that the killing may be linked to a sour drug deal.
Bumbury had made a Guyana Police Force list of ‘most wanted’ criminals in 2002. The list had included 2002 jail break escapees Dale Moore, Troy Dick, Shawn Brown, Andrew Douglas and Mark Fraser.
At the time, police had said that Bumbury was wanted for questioning for a series of armed robberies.
Law enforcers had also fingered him in the kidnap and subsequent murder of taxi-driver, Vivekanand Nandalall in October 2003.
In November 2007, police captured Bumbury in Sophia, but released the ‘wanted man’ without charges.

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