PI for ex-GDF captain set for June 27
Former Guyana Defence Force captain, Orwain Sandy
Former Guyana Defence Force captain, Orwain Sandy

COME June 27, the preliminary inquiry against former Guyana Defence Force captain, Orwain Sandy, who is charged with murder of his reputed wife, is expected to commence before Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman.

Magistrate Latchman made this decision when the matter was called before her for additional statements. However, police prosecutor Shawn Gonsalves did not have the documents.

Although the magistrate had given the prosecution a week’s adjournment to file the three additional statements, they failed to have it in court when the matter was recalled.
“Unfortunately the three outstanding statements are not yet available from the prosecution,” Magistrate Latchman told Sandy in court.

“We have to make a start,” the magistrate said, as he ordered the prosecutor to have his witnesses ready for the commencement of the PI on the next occasion, with or without the three additional statements.

Also on the last court date, defence attorney James Bond had told the court that they managed to send the psychiatrist’s report by Dr. Bhrio Harry to their own independent psychiatric specialist for evaluation overseas, but due to flight arrangements, the psychiatrist could not make it to court.

However on May 2, Dr. Harry had deemed Sandy mentally fit to stand trial in court for the offence.

The attorney requested that statements be filed for the matter to proceed in court, since he will be saving their own psychiatrist to testify as a witness during Sandy’s defence.
Sandy, who served as Special Assistant to the Chief-of-Staff of the Guyana Defence Force, is currently on remand for the murder of Reona Payne on March 31 at First Street, Alexander Village.

According to reports, Sandy, after committing the act, surrendered to police at the Ruimveldt Police Station on Saturday, March 31. A post-mortem report revealed that Payne died from 14 gunshot wounds to her body– 13 to her chest and one to the head.
The police have confirmed that Sandy used his service firearm during the shooting. Police sources also related that the soldier had on one occasion lodged his firearm at the police station during a domestic dispute.

One source said the soldier had suspected that Reona Payne was being unfaithful and was conversing with someone from overseas. It was reported that Sandy had planned to drop Payne off at her place of work when she received a phone call from the same person from overseas.

When the soldier questioned her and asked her to desist from railroading their relationship, an argument ensued and in the vicinity of the masjid in First Street, Alexander Village, Reona grabbed the soldier’s firearm and threw it out of the car.

According to the source, Sandy stopped the vehicle to retrieve the weapon and Payne exited too, and after picking up the gun he fired in her direction, emptying the entire magazine.

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