-owner contemplating next move
CATTLE farmer Devon Pompey, of 1579 ‘E’ Field Sophia, Greater Georgetown, is contemplating his next move following the death of his cow which was impounded at the Turkeyen Police Station about two months ago. Pompey, also a horse cart operator, told the Guyana Chronicle in a recent interview that he had gone to work and left his cow grazing in his mother’s yard; upon his return he discovered it missing.
After one week, despite several searches, he saw his cow and its new calf in a yard in ‘C’ Field, Sophia, at a resident’s home and he called out his cow’s name and the cow followed him home.
The following day the man, in whose yard the cow had been, showed up at his home. They had an argument and the matter was reported to the Police at Turkeyen.
The cow and calf were taken and lodged at the Turkeyen Police Station where it remained for over two months.
Eventually, Pompey said he usually went to maintain his cow and calf but the cow died and now the calf is very ill.
He claimed that when his cow died, the police burned the carcass in the compound and every time he went there to enquire when he can take his cow and calf home the police keep insisting that the file is with the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for advice.
Pompey told the Guyana Chronicle that a letter from his cow’s brand was missing when the police verified the owner and as such they took the animals away to the station where it was examined by a veterinary official.
The 28-year-old man is asking who will compensate him for his loss because the police are always telling him the paperwork is incomplete and he could not remove the cow and calf.
When contacted yesterday the Police were unavailable for a comment.