COMMISSIONER of Police Seelall Persaud has said that there will soon be another step forward towards closure in the Colwyn Harding matter as the Head of the Police Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) has assured that his leg of the investigation would have been wrapped up on Monday.

The Top Cop was at the time responding to questions from the media with respect to the investigations into the Colwyn Harding matter. He added that once the file is finished being looked at by the OPR, it will be forwarded

to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for advice.
Several police officers have been under investigation regarding allegations of sodomizing and assaulting the 23-year-old man in November last year while he was in their custody at the Timehri Police Station.
The file was first sent to the DPP for advice by the Chairman of the Police Complaints Authority, Justice Cecil Kennard, who had indicated that there were criminal charges which were likely to be levelled against one of the ranks while assault charges would be levelled against two others and disciplinary actions brought against the rest.
The incident alleging the baton rape of a prisoner by a police rank of the Timheri Police Station while his colleagues watched became the concern of the Office of the Commissioner of Police, Police Office of Professional Responsibility, Police Complaints Authority and several civil society groups as well as the general public.

(By Leroy Smith)