THERE is a circus now on in Guyana, and the main actors are an opposition leader, a lawyer who frees criminals through unethical methods and his criminal fraternity. 

They are out in full force, with the central theme of their campaign being criminals of a certain kind must go free. In addition to setting the criminals free, they are also working assiduously to get them a reward for their criminal behaviour.
I must admit, this is quite an outrageous plan by these low lives. Whichever way you look at it, the sick, disgraceful actions of the aforementioned group needs to be exposed.
The nefarious activities of this lawyer and company are too numerous to mention but, in the interest of time I shall endeavour to highlight a few of these cases.
We are all familiar with the Linden affair, where the relatives of the perpetrators were handsomely rewarded for their murderous acts, though the facts of the case painted a totally different scenario. The details in that case showed that the bullets coming from the murder weapon/s did not match any of those carried by the cops, so said the ballistics expert brought by the opposition themselves.
However, in the interest of peace, the government paid out a huge sum to the surviving relatives of the criminals-turned-victims. This, I believe, was the beginnings of the modern-day criminal-becoming-victim scenario. Lest I forget, may I remind you that Nigel Hughes was the central figure in that case.
So, let us fast -forward to 2013 and the brutal slaying of Corporal Cleito by a brazen gunman at a busy city intersection. Shaka Blair, a known felon and one who fitted the description of the said gunman, was held. A test for gunpowder residue on his hands proved that he did discharge a firearm, an unlicensed one at that, because Shaka is not a licensed firearm holder.
However, the State’s case against Blair was rendered null and void when Nigel Hughes came on the scene. In the first instance, Shaka was instructed to make claims that he was badly beaten by the police and forced into signing a confession statement, although medical checks showed no signs of the alleged beatings.
Subsequent to his acquittal, we are now in receipt of information which shows that persons who witnessed the shooting, and are familiar with the felon, did identify him as the shooter. However, either through bribery or mere coercion from a corrupt attorney, they recanted and gave another story of seeing a “Brave Indian Boy” fleeing the scene.
Again, in the face of a mountain of evidence against them, the State rested its case. Yet another criminal was let loose from prosecution.
Let me pause here to say this: It would be interesting to know what their defence would look like in the light of the Donston LaFleur matter, where we have a slain criminal at the crime scene who fits the description of another “Brave Indian Boy.” Fascinating indeed! Let them try working their way out of this one with that “Indian” story scenario.
Finally, we have the Colwyn Harding case. Colwyn Harding is a known felon who was indicted by the State for robbery, and being in possession of stolen goods.
A prima facie case was made against Harding, but while the State was in the final throes of bringing this felon to trial, the Nigel Hughes factor comes into play. This criminal with a pre-existing condition was coached into making outrageous claims that he was badly beaten and sodomized by the police who caught him.
So, instead of the State bringing the felon to trial, we are sidelined with an investigation into police brutality, a situation of convict becoming victim. The searchlight is now tuned off Harding and placed on the police.
But before we run ahead of ourselves, let us examine the facts of this latest claim. The bare facts reveal that Harding never made these allegations until Nigel Hughes came into the picture, the exact sequence of events, one month after he was arrested and charged.
Like I said earlier, even if you have half a brain, you cannot believe this story, which reeks of a conspiracy to extort money from the government. So, right now, the Hardings, seemingly receiving corrupt legal guidance, are trying every which way to see if they can manufacture a medical certificate to corroborate their spurious claims.
The point I am making is that criminal lawyer, plus criminal, equals to the sum total of a criminal fabrication, which, in some cases, brings handsome gains to the evil plotters at the expense of the taxpayers. This should not be permitted yet again.
Neil Adams