–as probe into fatal shooting of Essequibo businessman winds down

POLICE Constable Sherwin Peters was on Friday charged with manslaughter, but released on $1 million bail for the fatal shooting of 29-year-old Essequibo businessman Orin Boston last September.

Peters, 32, of Central Amelia’s Ward, Linden was hauled before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, where he was arraigned, virtually, before Magistrate Esther Sam of the Anna Regina Magistrate’s Court.

Particulars of the charge allege that the unrepresented Peters, a member of the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) unit of the Guyana Police Force (GPF), on September 15, 2021 unlawfully killed Boston at his Dartmouth, Essequibo Coast home.

Attorneys-at-Law Nigel Hughes and Konyo Sandiford have applied to appear as interested parties in the case on behalf of Boston’s family.

The matter has been adjourned until February 1, 2022.

According to a police report, on September 15, 2021, ranks were conducting an anti-crime operation in Regional Division Two, when, at about 04:40 hours, they went to Boston’s house to conduct a search.

It is alleged that during the course of the operation, Peters shot Boston in the upper left arm.

Boston’s wife, Feona, reportedly claims that at the time of the incident, her husband was in bed, and asleep.

The popular businessman was pronounced dead on arrival at the Suddie Public Hospital.