THE police at Alberttown Station in Georgetown are in possession of  summonses to be served on a television promoter known as ‘Chris’ and the mother of his children after they failed to revisit the precinct on schedule in keeping with an ongoing investigation.

The man and his wife were to return to the station more than two weeks ago after they were arrested for locking their two children in a motor car while shopping at Bourda Market.
The two were being investigated and, according to a police source, were likely to be charged with parental neglect for the act which could have led to the children being harmed.
On Monday, the Guyana Chronicle was reliably informed that the couple failed to show up at the station after being sent on their own recognisance.
The police had previously said they were not in a position to charge the couple because there was not enough evidence to do so. However, investigators needed to go back to the location where the children were left in the vehicle and question and take statements from persons in the area.
That aspect of the investigation has since been completed and the police are ready to lay charges against the couple but not in their absence and would allow another week to pass before that is done.

ARREST WARRANTS
If the matter reaches the court and the couple still have not put in an appearance, arrest warrants for them are likely to follow.
On the day of the incident, the Channel 67 promoter said he and his family had gone to Parika, East Bank Essequibo to collect money from advertising clients and when they returned to the city, he stopped to make a purchase at Bourda Market but left the ignition keys in place and the vehicle locked automatically, trapping the children inside.
The driver said the car did not belong to him and because of that, he was hesitant to shatter a window and free his children who were no older than 18 months and was waiting for the owner to come from Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara, with a spare key to let them out.
As it happened, the owner was actually coming from further along the East Coast and might not have arrived in time to get the children out before harm came to them.
It was the initiative of a senior member of the media fraternity who broke a window on the car, thus freeing the children and the police, who arrived, after taking about half an hour to respond, took the parents to the station where they were questioned and ordered to return.
This newspaper could not ascertain whether the Child Care and Protection Agency or the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security have been informed and if the matter is engaging their attention.