Bogus cops to be charged over murder of security guard, GGMC worker
Fake Cop, Rayon Paddy
Fake Cop, Rayon Paddy

FORMER Guyana Defence Force rank and market vendor, 26-year-old Rayon Paddy of 278 South Ruimveldt Park, Georgetown, and construction worker, Orin Arthur, 25 years, of Block X Diamond, East Bank Demerara, who reportedly have been posing as police officers over the last few months, will soon be facing two separate murder charges.The Guyana Chronicle has learnt that when ballistic tests were carried out on the weapon found in the possession of the men on Friday during a raid by “real police”, it was discovered that the said gun was used in the murder of Beharry Security Guard, Wilfred Stewart at Sterling Products Limited on December 08, 2014.

Fake Cop, Orin Arthur
Fake Cop, Orin Arthur

Further tests carried out also found that the same gun was also used in the execution style killing of Guyana Geology and Mines Commission employee Trevor Abram on February 27 this year on the East Bank Demerara as he was heading to Georgetown.
During the December 08, 2014 shooting at Sterling Products, eyewitnesses related to police that a car load of men showed up at the facility and barged into the compound. They first turned their attention to Stewart who always carries a firearm and shot him twice, killing him in the process.
They also injured Indian national Gabriel Dass before attempting to make their way to the finance department of the company. Those efforts were, however, unsuccessful although the men were able to relieve the security guard of his firearm after killing him.

Meanwhile, on February 27 this year, Geology and Mines Commission employee Trevor Abram was shot execution style as he was in his vehicle heading to Georgetown along the East Bank carriageway. Police had taken a number of persons into custody for questioning, including a deportee and his wife as they continued their investigations into that matter.
In court on Monday where the two suspects had a total of seventeen charges read against them stemming from their illegal road blocks, being in possession of ammunition, unlicensed firearm and robberies, the prosecution had asked that bail be denied as there were more charges likely to be leveled against the men as the police continued investigations.
They were eventually remanded to prison by the magistrate who ordered that their matters be called again at the Mahaicony and Providence courts respectively for their various charges.
Paddy and Arthur have been making the lives of citizens, especially along the East Bank Demerara and Upper East Coast, very uneasy with their illegal activities, particularly the roadblocks which they held while posing as police officers.
The police are also looking for another man who once served in the Guyana Police Force who is said to be the third accomplice of the two men but he managed to escape the police dragnet last Friday when the two were caught in a house.
The police were only able to get hold of the men after they had received intelligence from persons about their whereabouts.
By Leroy Smith

 

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