Two months after Tactical Services Unit (TSU) rank Mark George was shot in the back by Magistrate Gordon Gilhuys, while on duty on Woolford Avenue, the Direc-tor of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has recommended that no charges be laid against the judicial officer.
The file was sent to the DPP for advice on possible charges weeks ago and when questioned yesterday about the status of that part of the case, Police Commissioner (ag) Henry Greene informed the media that he had just gotten word from Crime Chief Seelall Persaud that it has been recommended that there be no charges.
Greene was however quick to point out that he had not yet seen the file.
Asked if he was particularly concerned about that given the fact that a young policeman was injured, he stressed that he has to see what the DPP has written in the file before adding that he has to “see the whole concept in which the DPP made her decision”.
Questioned further on reports of a financial settlement in the case, the Commissioner pointed out that he was unaware of such a deal and that the file has nothing about a settlement being collected.
Magistrate Gordon Gilhuys
Following the shooting of George, many had raised concerns about the possibility of the matter dissolving. George’s relatives had told this newspaper that they were not concentrating on the investigation and what should happen to the magistrate but rather George’s recovery and discharge from the Georgetown Hospital.
Contacted last night on this latest development, his brother Alwin told Stabroek News that he has “thrown the incident behind my back. Once he is out of hospital, everything else is up to him”.
The man said that it is now up to his brother to make a decision in relation to the police and charges.
After several weeks of hospitalization, George was discharged from the hospital. He told this newspaper via telephone last evening that he is much better.
When told about the DPP’s decision, the man said that “I don put this matter behind my back”.
When asked about the reports of compensation being paid, George said “I am ok… I don’t like being a spectacle”.
On June 26, the rank and his colleagues were on patrol on Woolford Avenue when they noticed a vehicle with tinted windows parked on the roadway. The officers made checks and an argument ensued between them and the driver, who was later identified as Magistrate Gilhuys. It was at this point that the magistrate reportedly opened fire on the ranks, hitting George in the back. The bullet exited through his abdomen and in the process caused some internal damage.
The magistrate subsequently made a report at the Brickdam Police Station but he refused to hand over his weapon. However, he parked his vehicle which had about six bullet holes, in the station compound. The magistrate then appeared at the station the following day accompanied by his attorney Nigel Hughes, and after spending several hours, was released on self bail. He also lodged his weapon at the station.
Following the shooting, the magistrate had said that he was first shot at and that he returned fire.
Shortly after the shooting, the Magistrate proceeded on annual leave and has not returned to the bench.
Other magistrates are now handling his cases in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court as well as in the court in Linden.
Oh my word! Ridiculous!
ridiculus is an understatement.
ridiculus is an understatement
What justice! Only in Guyana can this kind of garbage take place.
i hope money does not buy justice here, i reserve myself until other details are available,
This was predictable ….only in Guyana can a person of influence fire his unlicenced weapon at the police woundig him and walk away…..
……ever kno’ that is only in GY ,, people like Dr. Walter Rodney,, and more can be MURDERED,, and those who engineered his death by MURDER still walkin roun’ like de pope !…..
doan get me wrong i’m not saying the magistrate is justified ,, and in the same breath ,, the police — from the reports — did not follow the rules of engagement ,,
so in all fairness to the DPP,, i think her decision is balanced ,, since it well established that,, JUSTICE IS BLIND !…………..
only in Guyana that type of thing happens
that is why human rights or some other organization should step in to form some sort of justice system.
How tragic?
Money? Position? Brotherhood?…no, we do not know.
As it is per the officer “I don’t like being a spectacle”, so we have to
leave it there.
Decisions like this could cause some uneasiness in the minds of
officers when they confront certain people. Everybody in G/T knows the
the real facts of the incident except of course the “authorities”.
I wish the officer well and hope that he regains the energy to pursue
his job. It can be very debilitating when you think you are doing your
best only to find out hat you are not so viewed.
I am prepared to write the book on this matter.
Well put canadian.
but i am still confused, as they usually leave you, green said he did not read/see the file, yet he knows that no financial patch up is there eh.
oh, well, what else is new…………………………….
If it was some ‘ordinary” person, he would have been charged and sent on remand for years before he could have had his day in court. This is why people have no confidence in our judicial system in this country. The magistrate had a weapon with an expired licence, he used the said weapon and shot a police officer. We seem to live in a wild, wild west society.
From what the victim and family are saying it looks like some form of compensation was made. I hope he is completely recovered and next time don’t go peeping into dark vehicles.
Right on John !…” and next time don’t go peeping into dark vehicles”
After seeing what you see, you have to be careful how you turn your back !
…..hehehehehehehe
What else should be expected on this matter? I did say from the beginning that this case was a wash out. My Question was “who in the police force is going to charge Gilhuys?”
Ok, so now we know the outcome (so far) which was predictable, I do hope that GORDON GILHUYS DOES NOT SIT AS A MAGISTRATE EVER AGAIN.
If no monetary compensation was awarded to the Constable, Mark George, then I suspect that in a few days he would be addressed as SGT. MARK GEORGE.
MACKYDOG… LOL…ONLY IN GUYANA! “IT’S A MAD WORLD” BUT “NOTHING IS
WRONG WITH THE WORLD IS THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN IT.” YOUR GOV’T MACKYDOG TALK TO THEM.
Thats the kind of lawless behaviour that drives people away from guyana.
Magistrate Gilhuys was a dedicated cop. Very sorry to learn of him getting into trouble with the law he is supposed to uphold. In 1990 I was driving along the Houston Public Rd and I collided with a cyclist around 12 o’ clock in the night. I thought that nobody witnessed the accident because the road was lonely. I jumped out of my car, threw the man’s cycle into the trunk of my car, lifted the man up and placed him gently onto the rear seat of my car. I then sped to the Georgetown Hospital with the injured man. While I was in the emergency room with the victim, Gilhuy showed up. He took his fingers and opened the man’s eyes then he looked and me and went away. He was in a car going in the opposite direction and he saw what happened. He was curious, probably wanted to know if I was really going to the hospital with the victim.
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i must applaud you for doing what you did that night…yet im not clear what is your comment on the said issue now…? what you can do tho…is check out my comment on the head line ‘families ID fineman and skinny’. Now with this headline…i am very correct.