`Loose meh something nah, ah don’t really like locking up people’
A 32-year-old trainee city constable was yesterday not required to plead to the indictable charge of impersonation when he appeared before Acting Chief Magis-trate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
Leon Thomas
It is alleged that on June 13 at Georgetown, Leon Thomas of 54 Lime and Bent streets approached Suresh Sam and Nazim Khan purporting to be a police officer and the complainants believed.
Attorney-at-law Mohamed Zafar who represented the defendant told the court that his client had been hit by a member of the city constabulary and the said constabulary member has a vendetta against Thomas.
The attorney asked that bail be granted in a reasonable sum on the grounds that his client poses no risk of flight, has a fixed place of abode and has been cooperating with investigations.
The city constabulary prosecutor, however, asked that bail be refused on the grounds that the offence committed is a serious one, adding that the defendant has a pending matter of demanding money by false pretence.
The prosecutor told the court that on the day in question the virtual complainants (VCs) rode through a stop light and were pursued by the defendant who asked them if they were aware that “riding through a red light is a serious offence” and ordered them to accompany him to the city constabulary.
The prosecutor said further that Thomas decided to solicit money from the virtual complainants instead of taking them to the constabulary. According to the prosecutor, the defendant then told the VCs, “Loose meh something nah, ah don’t really like locking up people.”
The prosecutor said that Thomas was heard making the demands by a fellow city police whom he did not know and who was dressed in plain clothes. A complaint was subsequently made and the defendant was arrested.
Thomas was refused bail and was ordered to return to Court Ten on June 29.
“Loose me something nah” most of them do take bribe, so whats the difference, i can feel that what the lawyer said in his bail application has some truth. they wanted to get at him long now. de man must be more slick than them. if he get back de wuk, next time he must say “lef something nah” like dem boys at brickbam, when the pull in you mini bus.
Corruption. Corruption and more corruption. Everything is available at the right price because extreme poverty has turned my fellow Guyanese into people without morals or civic pride.
Burnham thought them so…BORAPOKE
corruption exists everywhere. not only because of poverty. was Bernie Madoff in poverty?
What a wuss.
IF HE IS FOUND GUILTY HE SHOULD GET AT LEAST 3 YEARS IN JAIL SO THE OTHER WILL SEE AND DON’T TAKE MONEY FROM OTHER PEOPLE PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO MAKE A LIVING AND THAT IS WAT THESE TYPE OF PEOPLE ARE DOING THEY GET THE JOD TO SERVE AND PROCET AND NOT TO TAKE BRIBE A LOT OF THESE GOVERMNEMT EMPLOYES ARE DOING THAT.
What a black mark on members of the City Police Force. How could the charge be impersonation when the defendant is a serving member of the city police force?
You probably don’t know guyana. He is a city constable, not a ploice officer and therefore has no aithority to arrest people for traffic voilation and he knows that, in that sense he is pretending to be a police officer.
James acquaint yourself with the powers of members of the City Constabulary/City Police. That policing body has greater powers than than that of the Guyana Police Force within the Georgetown City limits. Yes, a member of the City Constabulary can arrest anyone for any offence within the Georgetown City Limits. The Mayor and City Council has hand-cuffed that Policing body from protecting the citizens of Georgetown. BTW the City Constabulary/City Police is the oldest policing body in Guyana.
Just another day in GT.He would be looking to make another hussle somewhere else.
Another pretending that he doesn’t know, that impersonating an officer is a serious crime. Let the full force of the law be applied to him .
Trainee eh;, This guy is what’s wrong with Guyana,,,,,3 years minimum if convicted. A strong message needs to be sent to these artists, as in shakedown artists.
THREE YEARS IS TOO STIFF A PENALTY.
REMEMBER ALL THE MAN SAID WAS LOOSE ME SOMETHING.
SO THEY COULD LOOSE HE A TWO YEARS INSIDE THE JAIL.
SOMEBODY MENTION IF HE GET BACK THE WUK WELL HE LOOSE THE WUK BECAUSE HE FAIL TO REPORT FOR WUK FOR TWO YEARE.
While it not nice what this did some of you bloggers make me sick
You now live in America and other big states and you think you are above the other brothers and sisters left behind
If the government was honorable we would not have this type of crime
He with out sin cast the first stone
But he start very early, couldnt wait tell he finish training like the others ?
This IS a part of the training son.