FOLLOWING on from my previous letter, I wish to go further on the allegations against the police in the Colwyn Harding matter. 

How many people have properly examined a police baton? I could now understand why Cecil Kennard came to the conclusion that Harding wasn’t baton-raped after he (Kennard) examined a police baton before reaching his conclusion.
The largest part of a police baton, in terms of circumference, is towards the tip (end). The said end (tip) is not rounded nor pointed. Rather, the baton’s tip (end) is sawn-off, making it flat, and this flat area at the tip (end) is much larger than the anal opening.
Before a baton can enter the rectum, it first has to pass the anal opening, which is a ring of powerful muscles called the sphincter muscle, which is always tightly closed, even during sleep.
Ask anyone who has ever had a prostate examination done on him by a
doctor as to how (un)comfortable the experience was, even though the
doctor would first wear a glove over his hand, then insert his glove-covered finger through the anal opening and into the rectum.
For a police baton to enter the rectum, it first has to rip and tear apart the anal opening, resulting in serious damage with profuse bleeding, and requiring immediate life-saving surgery.
Harding alleged that the police baton was covered with a condom. Was the allegedly horrible police who did such an allegedly horrible act also, at the same time, very considerate of Harding’s well-being that he took time to place a condom over the baton?
Harding spent many weeks in prison on remand with normal bowel movements. How could this be so if his allegations of baton-rape were true?
On January 13, Nigel Hughes told the magistrate in a packed Providence
Magistrate’s Court that Harding’s mother, Sharon Harding, in the presence of himself (Hughes) made a police report to Timehri Police Station that the police baton-raped Harding on November 28, 2013, and later assaulted him at the station.
The prosecutor said it was an allegation, and that Hughes should use
the word “alleged”, which Hughes refused to do. It was pointed out by the prosecutor to the magistrate that Harding ably walked into Court, and did not report anything to the magistrate, except that he did not beat the police.
It was further pointed out by the prosecutor that on November 28, Harding was in prison on remand, as he did not pay his bail, nor did
anyone pay the said bail on his behalf.
According to Harding’s mother, something happened to Harding on November 28 (while Harding was in prison on remand). Note that the allegations changed from November 28 (when Harding was on remand in prison) to January 13 (when Harding was in police custody). Innocent police are being blamed, as it is profitable to blame the police to extract G$100 million of hardworking Guyanese tax-payers’ money in settlement or lawsuit.
Did the Guyanese public note the haste with which a settlement was
requested, with a threat of a lawsuit, before an investigation could be
done? With such a seriously grave threat being made against the police, all innocent persons need to beware.
Which innocent person is now safe from being falsely accused of
anything by those backed by the Alliance For Change (AFC); A
Partnership for National Unity (APNU); Guyana Bar Association (GBA);
and Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA)? There are two lengthy taped conversations on the Internet in which a witness claims an offer of money was made to change testimony.
How believable the allegation, and how reliable is the witness as to the
alleged assault that took place in the police lock-ups? The doctors at the Georgetown Public Hospital say Harding did not report any rape to them and that they treated him for hernia. Was Harding afraid they would discover his allegations to be false? Was he advised not to do so, as his allegation would be discovered to be false?
I am recommending to the Guyanese public that anytime anyone consults a doctor, they should raise the topic of a baton being inserted through the anal opening then entering the rectum. It is also recommended that every adult male should get a prostate examination done on him every four years for the early detection of prostate cancer, and then understand the discomfort of a finger being inserted, so as to comprehend that a baton could never have been
inserted into Harding’s anus.
In my estimation the allegations are fictitious, pretentious and malicious, and therefore all the allegations are to be treated as such. This whole matter has been a conspiracy to procure conviction of an innocent person, and it is an offence. It has also been an attack on the Guyana Police Force, on law and order, on the harmony of the people, and against the peace of the country.

REAZ HOLLADAR