Former Magistrate and one time senior police officer, Gordon Gilhuys was on Tuesday arrested, detained and then released on $10,000 station bail in the police ‘E’ Division, Linden.

The Guyana Chronicle understands that he was arrested after a junior police rank reported to his superiors that he was approached by Gilhuys, who is now now a lawyer, to alter the statements of the relatives of a rape victim in favor of his client.

Commander of the Police Division, Senior Superintendent Calvin Brutus confirmed the development to the Guyana Chronicle Newspaper. According to the information reaching this publication, the police are investigating a matter of rape of a female under the age of 16 years old by a 23 – year – old young man, who is being represented Gilhuys.

The Guyana Chronicle understands that the incident of rape took place in October of last year but the matter was only reported to the police earlier this year.

On Tuesday, Gilhuys allegedly approached the police rank and instructed him to approach the mother of the rape victim to persuade her to give a statement to the police indicating that she no longer wishes to proceeded with the matter of rape against the accused.

The Attorney reportedly told the police rank that it was ok for him to facilitate the process as the Divisional Commander and his Deputy would not be aware of the cover up as they are slated to be transferred out of the Division very soon.

The police have since launched an investigation into the report made against the Attorney and the file is likely to be sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions.