–as search continues

THREE days after two men were remanded for the alleged abduction of Joshua ‘Bricks’ David, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) announced on Monday that the case file for the remaining five suspects has been sent to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for advice.
In providing the update, Head of the GPF’s Corporate Communications Unit (CCU) Mark Ramotar said that investigators have been granted permission by a judge to keep the suspects in custody for another 72 hours.

The suspects are: Wayne Barker, 34, of Lot ‘G’ Norton Street, Lodge, Georgetown; 32-year-old Damion ‘Dangles’ Barlow of Lot 47 Norton Street, Wortmanville, Georgetown; Dwayne Griffith, called ‘Shiek’, 24, of Lot 68 William Street, Kitty, Georgetown; 21-year-old Davantai Mars, otherwise known as ‘Sharkie’ of Lot 148 Middle Road, La Penitence, Georgetown; and Aaron ‘Cats’ Alleyne, 26, of Lot 9, West La Penitence, Georgetown.
They turned themselves in to the police last Friday, accompanied by their lawyers.
They were previously the subject of wanted bulletins

Also, last Friday, Alpha Poole, of Stanley Place, Kitty, Georgetown, and Osafo Peters, known as ‘Saddest’, of William Street, Kitty were remanded to prison by Acting Chief Magistrate Faith McGusty. According to the charge against them, on September 26, 2024, they, along with others, abducted David with the intent of secretly and unlawfully confining him.

They were not required to enter a plea to the indictable charge.

Attorney-at-Law Glenn Hanoman represented Peters, while Everton Singh-Lammy appeared on behalf of Poole. Both Poole and Peters had voluntarily surrendered to the police early last week, after wanted bulletins were published for them.
They are set to return to court on Friday, October 11, 2024, while the police continue to search for David, who was kidnapped on September 26, 2024 from Main Street, Georgetown. The abduction was captured on camera, prompting widespread concern.

The police have conducted several searches in the Buxton and Annandale Backlands on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD), but David remains missing.
Still holding on to hope that their loved one is alive, David’s family held a candlelight vigil last week Thursday night along Main Street, Georgetown.