CHARGES are expected soon against the police constable who killed a 10-year-old schoolboy Sunday last when his allegedly speeding car smashed into the lad on the Sisters Village, West Bank Demerara (WBD) Public Road, near the area’s post office.

The police constable, of Wales Police Station, is expected to be charged after being discharged from the hospital, according to a police source.

Davin Sealey, 10, also of Sisters Village, was pronounced dead on arrival at the West Demerara Regional Hospital. A post-mortem examination is expected today.

Reports reveal that Sealey was riding a bicycle along the roadway when he was struck down by a motor vehicle that was driven by the constable, who was later found by the police to be over the limit in terms of the consumption of alcohol. The vehicle only came to a stop after hitting a parked vehicle on the roadway and slamming into a utility pole before turning turtle on the roadway.

The lad’s grandfather, Titus Thomas, 57, told the Guyana Chronicle that they need justice because the policeman is supposed to set an example and cannot be drunk and driving at such a fast rate of speed to strike down a child and kill him on the spot.

He noted that it is an indication that lawlessness on the roadway is at an extreme state and the manner in which the police deals with this issue leaves much to be desired.

One of the boy’s relatives said after the accident when they showed up at the Wales Police Station they were chased out into the rain by an officer there.