…was allegedly beaten during fight at Special Constabulary HQ
POLICE have launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of 25-year-old Lance Corporal Carlos Alleyne which occurred at the Georgetown Public Hospital earlier this week.
Police said in a release that the rank had gone to the hospital earlier to seek medical attention. He had reportedly complained of feeling unwell following an incident at the Special Constabulary Headquarters on Princess Street, Worthmanville about 09:30hrs that very day.
An autopsy done on Wednesday revealed that Alleyne died from brain haemorrhage and blunt trauma to the brain. A further update will be given later, police said.
Meanwhile, Guyana Chronicle was told that Alleyne died hours after he was involved in a fight with a police sergeant. According to the dead man’s mother, on Wednesday she received a call requesting that she visit the Police Constabulary Headquarters on Princess Street. However, while on her way there, she was told that she needed to go to the Alberttown Police Station. There she was asked to give some information and was then escorted to the Georgetown Public Hospital Morgue where she identified her son’s remains. This was three days after her son had died and his body was at the morgue, unknown to the police.
Based on what was related to this publication, the rank and sergeant were involved in a misunderstanding which led to a fight and the lance corporal was cuffed, kicked, slapped and even beaten with an object by the sergeant. After that, the sergeant, although observing the visible marks of violence on the young man’s body, mostly to his chest, head, neck and shoulder, placed him under close arrest and denied him access to medical attention.
It was while under close arrest that the lance corporal began losing consciousness and then he was allowed to leave to seek medical attention. He was not accompanied to the hospital by any of the ranks. He subsequently died at the hospital while receiving treatment. However, no one in the force was aware of this until Tuesday when they realised that the young man was not showing up for work.
His mother explained that it was someone who called her and informed her that something was wrong with her son.
