Crum-Ewing case jacket with DPP
Dead: Courtney Crum-Ewing
Dead: Courtney Crum-Ewing

THE police wrapped up investigations into the gunning down of activist, Courtney Crum-Ewing, and the file has been sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for her perusal and recommendations.Crime Chief Wendel Blanhum confirmed this development yesterday during an invited comment from media operatives.
According to the Crime Chief, the prime suspect in the matter is still in police custody but it is unclear who the other persons are in the investigators’ file that is now with the DPP’s Chambers.
Blanhum yesterday would not divulge details concerning the investigation but appeared confident that the police were able to pull together a good case to take before the court.
However, it is not clear if the State will be appointing a special prosecutor to prosecute the matter.
The ex-bodyguard of former Legal Affairs Minister and Attorney General Anil Nandlall has since been released from custody. His name was called in the matter by the suspect who is still in Police custody assisting with the investigations.
Additionally, the man who is in custody related to the police that he was approached by someone aligned to a certain political figure of the Opposition to kill another political activist. This publication later found out that the activist that individual wanted him to kill was former treason accused Mark Benschop.
Benschop had claimed that the prime suspect must know what he was saying since the suspect approached Benschop and told him of a plot to kill him and the suspect was being offered a sum of just under $5M.
In March, Crum-Ewing was walking the streets of Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara, urging residents to go out and vote in the May 11th national polls when he was shot dead execution-style and the car-borne gunmen escaped.
The 40-year-old man, who had staged a one-man protest outside of the office of Attorney General Anil Nandlall calling for him to resign, was shot several times to his body and left dead on Third Street, Diamond shortly before 8 pm. It was the first evening he was galvanizing residents of his community to vote.

By Leroy Smith

 

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