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Woolford Avenue shooting… Magistrate Gilhuys on station bail

By Zoisa Fraser

Magistrate Gordon Gilhuys was released on station bail yesterday afternoon, several hours after he had turned himself in at the Brickdam Police Station with his lawyer for investigations into Thursday night’s shooting of a policeman on Woolford Avenue.

The rank, 33-year-old Mark George of Lot 2033 Humming Bird Street, Festival City is a patient in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Georgetown Hospital on a life support machine. Information reaching this newspaper is that the single gunshot which exited his chest damaged several of his vital organs.

Stabroek News was reliably informed that the magistrate, who was once a policeman, was released sometime between 4:30 and 5:00 yesterday afternoon. He is to return to the Brickdam Police Station on Monday morning to further assist the police with their investigation. When this newspaper arrived at the police station, about ten minutes after Gilhuys had departed, his vehicle, which has at least six bullet holes to the front fender area and the right side, was gone.

A police release issued last evening said that around 11.15 pm a mobile police patrol observed a heavily tinted vehicle, PJJ 6832 parked along Woolford Avenue, Georgetown.
The police ranks stopped and approached the vehicle with a view to making checks, the police said, adding that ranks called on the driver of the vehicle “to turn on the lights of the vehicle and this resulted in a verbal exchange during which it is alleged that the driver discharged rounds at the police hitting Corporal 18352 George in his abdomen”.

According to the release police returned fire hitting the vehicle, but the driver managed to drive away. He subsequently reported to the police at Brickdam Police Station and was found to be Magistrate Gordon Gilhuys, a licensed firearm holder. The magistrate, the release said, alleged that the police had fired upon him and he returned fire. “He refused to give a written statement and to hand over his firearm when demanded of him by a senior officer of the Guyana Police Force. The Magistrate then left the compound leaving his vehicle which was observed to have several bullet holes”.

The release said that Gilhuys returned yesterday accompanied by lawyer Nigel Hughes who handed him over to the police. He was taken into custody and his firearm lodged. The magistrate however has refused to give a written statement, the release said adding that “it has been observed that his firearm was not licensed for the year 2006”.

The release said that he has since been placed on bail pending further enquiries. The amount of the bail was not stated in the release and efforts to ascertain that proved futile.
This newspaper was reliably informed that when the magistrate turned up at the station around 8:30 am yesterday the police informed him that he was being arrested for discharging a loaded firearm after he had lodged his weapon.

Attorney-at-law Hughes on behalf of Gilhuys then moved to the High Court and filed Habeas Corpus proceedings yesterday before Justice Rishi Persaud. The judge after hearing the matter granted a Nisi order for the police to show cause why they were holding Gilhuys.

The matter was then set to be heard today but that has been quashed since he was subsequently released on station bail.
Sources say that Gilhuys has repeatedly denied that he first shot at the police. According to reports, he is claiming that he was acting in self defence and it was during this that George was wounded.
Reports reaching Stabroek News from other sources are that the injured rank and several others were on patrol in the Woolford Avenue area when they noticed a silver Rav 4 parked outside the Stella Maris school and checks revealed that the magistrate and another person were sitting inside. It was alleged that Gilhuys opened fired on the ranks, hitting George in the back. George managed to run a short distance where he collapsed in a weed infested drain outside St. Joseph High School.

Gilhuys is saying that he had returned from an East Coast Demerara location and had stopped on Woolford Avenue to answer a call of nature. Sources said that according to the magistrate when he returned to his vehicle an unknown vehicle approached and a bright light was shone into his Rav 4. He said that the persons behind the beam asked him to exit the vehicle and he replied that he was Magistrate Gilhuys and that he was armed.

Sources said that the magistrate further contended that those behind the light opened fire on him and he fired back, adding that no one identified themselves as the police. Gilhuys also denied the claims that he had a companion in his vehicle.

At the time of the shooting, the ranks were in an unmarked police vehicle but were dressed in navy blue police uniforms. Persons living in proximity to the shooting scene recalled hearing about three single shots followed by a volley.

It is based on this that police officials are accepting the story of the TSU ranks.

Off the bench

A prominent attorney-at-law told Stabroek News yesterday that the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and others have to do a lot of detailed investigation before the magistrate could be charged. He nevertheless said that Gilhuys would have to be charged like every other person who commits an alleged criminal act.

The lawyer, who prefers to remain unnamed, said that the magistrate should not be allowed to hold his job since he would now have a criminal matter before the very courts that he sits in.
He opined that Gilhuys should be interdicted from duty.

“I don’t think he should sit on that bench. He should be relieved of that sort of responsibility”, the lawyer opined.
Further the attorney explained that in a case like Gilhuys’, the vehicle and the weapon must be lodged, as they become part of the body of evidence.
Worried

At the Georgetown Hospital yesterday midday, many flocked the waiting area outside the ICU to get a chance to see George. Many were comforting each other.
George underwent an emergency operation shortly after the shooting and was subsequently placed on a life-support machine.

Worried expressions and tear-filled eyes were evident. Several persons told Stabroek News that they are hoping for the best and praying for him to pull though safely.
The man’s cousin Aetha Clarke had told reporters at the hospital about two hours after the shooting, that she received the message that he was shot but did not get a chance to see him.

The young woman said that she had heard that her cousin was shot by Magistrate Gilhuys but she was not able to verify that information. She added that she was clueless as to what led to the incident. Stabroek News was told that the policeman arrived at the medical institution in a conscious state but had a terrible injury to his chest.
George has been a serving member of the force for over five years.

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65 Responses to “Woolford Avenue shooting… Magistrate Gilhuys on station bail”

critik
on June 28th, 2008 5:47 am

Interesting!!!!!
Can’t take away the sting from an old cop.

By the way, can Gilhuys preside over any case involving Hughes?
Excited to see how this turns out.

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amen-ra
on June 28th, 2008 6:52 am

This is a tragedy, magistrate gilhuy should be treated like any normal citizen, i hope he don’t get off like lall did the last something like this happened. He got some nerves for not giving any statement and having not licence his gun since 2006. I guess they would charge this as a frinedly fire. what a shame

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Galton
In reply to the above comment on June 29th, 2008 9:22 am:
Not making a statement is his legal right. It could be used against him in court.

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bvbocan
on June 28th, 2008 7:26 am

Poor Officer Mark George… shot in the line of duty and left for dead. Let’s wish him a speedy and successful recovery.

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bvbocan
In reply to the above comment on June 28th, 2008 7:50 am:
Relieving oneself in a public space is an offence under Guyana law. All guns or weapons used in a shooting should be turned over to the Police for investigation- refusal to do so is an obstruction to the process.

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bvbocan
In reply to the above comment on June 28th, 2008 7:53 am:
Or could it be that Magistrate Gilhuys mistook the Police for the illusive “fineman” and his gang? [scratching head]

Galton
In reply to the above comment on June 29th, 2008 9:26 am:
I wonder why he wasn’t wearing his protective gear.

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malaika06
on June 28th, 2008 7:49 am

Worrisome, very very worrisome

The shots fired by the magistrate were meant to kill. Mr. Gilhuys really need to stay of the bench while the DPP examines this matter

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rdman
on June 28th, 2008 8:45 am

I am not saying that the magistrate is right.The police have a nasty attitude when approaching,stopping and arresting people,people have lost confidence in them,we saw it lately with the minister’s son.that’s why the the police are met with so many hostilities.

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gtagricola
In reply to the above comment on June 28th, 2008 5:35 pm:
I agree with this comment i think the magistrate was defending himself.

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Ricardo
on June 28th, 2008 9:20 am

A couple things to note
1) This shooting incident was long overdue as the Police has been doing this for a long long time. I would sit on the seawall in the evening just for relaxation purpose and some police vehicles on patrol would notice cars parked on the roadway and sneak up then shine their lights in the vehicle most times it would be a couple that prefers to be there altough its unsafe but thats their choice upon seeing the couple perhaps in some compromising position the police would drive off in peals of laughter and they would return in like manner to repeat their action on another vehicle. I even witnessed a man that used so much expletives on them one night that they wanted to arrest him for disorderly behaviour
With so much criminal activities in and around the city the police should be concentrating on that and not wasting the force’s resources to “peep”

This was done to Shivnarine Chanderpaul who discharged his weapon at the police because as Mr. Gilhuis said they did not identify themselves and we all know this is common in Guyana. Once they are dressed in uniform you are to supposed to know it is the police.
In foreign states the police in unmarked vehicles would use a loud hailer to identify themselves
The Guyana police force need to be more professional in their opwerations and conduct

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carolscott
on June 28th, 2008 9:20 am

Very sad situation. This is what happens in a crime ridden society when people are nervous and trust is erroding. This on the heels of the police harrassment of Minister Benn’s son. Police are nervous and the people are nervous. Makes for a combustible mix.

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blacka
on June 28th, 2008 9:24 am

well well well…here we go again……only in guyana u can have a magistrate involved in a shootin…drive away then go to the police station and cuss dem out…..its another case of he say / she say…..we shall watch this one and see how it plays out…….what is noticeable is that the rank was shot in his back…..which means he probably was runnin away from the car…..and what yall think Gilhuys been doing thru that dark street so late in the night……hmmm…..yea i think so too….anyhow lets wait and see what happens…..what ever happens gilhuys afraid to go to jail…nuff people in there waitin for him

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A380100
on June 28th, 2008 10:16 am

This whole story doesn’t sound right. Why would a Magistrate just open fire on Police without any reason? Unless he was scared out of his wits.

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cochore
on June 28th, 2008 10:19 am

No respect for the police by this magistrate, who should be on remand, relieved of his gun and his seat on the bench immediately. I’m sure that if this was ‘Joe Blow’ from Buxton or Agricola this same magistrate sitting on the bench, would be refusing that person bail. Too many Gov’t officials appear to be above the law hamstringing the police at every turn while the ordinary man is presumed guilty until proven innocent.

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sunshine
on June 28th, 2008 10:53 am

only this week minister benn complain about how the police go about their job,this is happening everyday to the regular people and there is no one to complain too.

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GT_BANA
on June 28th, 2008 10:54 am

I hope he pulls through so we can get down the bottom of this incident. I don’t understand why would a police officer discharged rounds from his weapon first. It could be the other way around, meaning that he was fired upon first. We need to hear the police officer side of the story.

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Dawn
In reply to the above comment on August 19th, 2008 7:35 pm:
I agree with you. I am hoping that this Police Officer in question, pulls through successfully and honestly tells us the whole truth as to why this incident has escalated to such extreme. We apparently read “in part”, Magistrate’s Gilhuys version of what happened at the scene of the shooting, however, the revelation of this entire incident makes absolutely no sense , even as I am reading the versions as presented by the reporters of both the Stabroek News and the Guyana Chronicle. Sad to say, but this case is leading into a dead end situation.

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dawning
on June 28th, 2008 11:04 am

WHAT?!! Answer a call of nature…on Woolford Ave.? Little wonder the city stinks

Now to the knowledgeable and prominent attorney -at -law i agree that Mr. Gilhuys should not be given differential treatment. However, i want to know if you speak on your own behalf or from a legal standpoint?

If it’s from a legal standpoint please tell me why you requested anonymity? People like yourself need to have strong enough backbone to stand up for what is lawful REGARDLESS!!! IMHO of course

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Alicia
on June 28th, 2008 11:14 am

I think the biggest question that needs to be answered here is who was in the vehicle with the magistrate and what were they doing on a lonely street like Woolford Avenue parked? This could be the key that unlocks the entire case?

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Cheryl
In reply to the above comment on June 28th, 2008 5:46 pm:
Alicia, good thought, dark, lonely area, alone, parked, what next , shot in the back is not good, seems the cop was either running /walking away, anyway it’s the same.

Now, no one should be charged for pi***** in public, the magistrate said he was doing so.

It’s from one thing to the other, RK, fineman, miners killed, skinnyman, now magistrate, what is going on in Guyana.

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Carl
on June 28th, 2008 11:17 am

I wish Officer George a speedy recovery and am glad that Magistrate Gilhuys has lived to tell us his version of what transpired on Woolford Avenue.

It is so sad that the public is so conflicted about anything the police or joint services do or say. I hope that someday soon our law-enforcement personnel will win the complete confidence of most members of the public.

Until then, the police’s fight against crime will continue to be affected as the public will not cooperate with people thay do not trust.

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mackydog
on June 28th, 2008 12:18 pm

What is so surprising to hear Gordon Gilhuys in an issue like this? I believe Gordon Gilhuys should never have been a magistrate in the first place. When I read in Stabroek News in ‘05 that Gilhuys was appointed to sit as a magistrate, I wrote a letter in the Letter Section to SN (which was never posted).
What kind of magistrate would stop in Woolford Ave. to take a pee? Who say he wanted to take a pee? What kind of magistrate would take a “companion” into Woolford Ave. where it’s dark and lonely at nights? What kind of magistrate cannot afford to go to a hotel or a motel? What happen, everyone at all the hotels in Guyana know him so well?
I’m in total agreement with the un-named lawyer’s suggestion for Gilhuys to be removed from his position and hope that the Chief magistrate suspends Gilhuys.

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owenon123
In reply to the above comment on June 28th, 2008 6:44 pm:
MACKYDOG, WHO ARE YOU TO JUDGE WHERE SOMEONE MUST TAKE A ‘PEE’ IN A CASE OF EMERGENCY?

THE MAGISTRATE SAID THAT HE HAD NO ONE WITH HIM. WHOM DO YOU BELIEVE THE POLICE? WELL, IS HIS WORD AGAINST THEIR WORDS?

IF YOU DON’T MIND, PLEASE READ MY COMMENT BELOW AND TELL ME WHAT YOUR OPINION ON MY STATEMENT IS.

I AWAIT YOU RESPONSE.

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guy123
In reply to the above comment on June 28th, 2008 8:08 pm:
Macky,you should not be wondering how Gilhuys could have been made a magistrate,anything can happen under your lovely PPP government’s watch.

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ankoko
In reply to the above comment on June 28th, 2008 9:02 pm:
mackydog - I wid U on disya wan. If prappa background checks are made some people should/would never be appointed to certain sensitive positions.
Are we going to see the lie detector testing at work here to get to the bottom of this? Regardless of what comes out of this I think he should be immediately interdicted from duty (like any other civil servant) pending the outcome and it would be prudent if he wasn’t to be a magistrate any more. T
here are enough clouds over the Judiciary and GPF. Cleaning up got to start somewhere and here is as good as any point.

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ShadInToronto
on June 28th, 2008 12:19 pm

Why isn’t he in jail? Why was he granted bail? Another example of Guyana’s flawed judicial system. Fineman, skinnyman, fatman …. all on the lam to prey on innocent and hard working Guyanese. This police officer perhaps will never recover fully to take care of his family while another ‘connected’ official walks free.

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gtmassive
on June 28th, 2008 12:26 pm

Let’s see how this one is going to play out! Remember in the eighties when Gilhuys used to be feared by everyone. At that time, he was a part of the Criminal Investigation Department.

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motherofmine
In reply to the above comment on June 28th, 2008 4:55 pm:
THATS WHY HE SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN ON THE BENCH, BUT A FEW DAYS AGO WHEN I WROTE A COMMENT IT WAS EDITED AND NEVER GOT PUBLISHED

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bvbocan
In reply to the above comment on June 29th, 2008 9:04 am:
My critical comments about Gilhuys was over edited
bgsbny
on June 28th, 2008 12:32 pm

……. the number of nefarious activities that is in the history of “woolford ave” makes for an exciting journey down memory lane ,, the problem with this thought is that there are in GY ,, hardly anyone who could be so interested as to undertake the research for this to be made for the reading public ,, the current news making headline about the erring magistrate is ,, and will be only one more that will be added to the continuation of the woes of woolford ave

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MSSH
on June 28th, 2008 1:01 pm

eh! eh! i dont think that the magistrate is lying. It is a know tendency of our police ranks firing indiscriminately at others. I think he got what he deserve and finally as we would say “meet he meeta”

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Carl
In reply to the above comment on June 28th, 2008 4:51 pm:
MSSH, I’ve known this particular officer since he was a child. Now, I don’t know what influences he may have fallen under in the GPF, but he comes from a good family. His younger brother was killed in a vehicle accident a few years ago while a member of the GDF.

Whatever went on that night, it’s unfortunate that this officer is now being judged by the actions of jesters like Clement Rohee, Henry Greene, and those officers who engage in indefensible extra-judicial killings.

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motherofmine
on June 28th, 2008 2:00 pm

MR EDITOR,

JUST SIX DAYS AGO I TRIED TO WRITE ABOUT THIS MAGISTRATE, THIS IS WHAT I WAS TRYING TO BRING ATTENTION TO.

WAIT UNTIL THIS STORY IS FULLY INVESTIGATED AND YOU WILL SEE WHAT IS BEHIND THIS,

I ALSO SAID THAT THE AUTHORITIES DO NOT FULLY INVESTIGATE WHO THEY ARE PUTTING ON THE BENCH, HERE IS AN EXAMPLE RIGHT BEFORE OUR EYES

HE IS NOT THE ONLY ONE, MORE WILL FOLLOW, THERE IS A SERIOUS STORY BEHIND THIS WHY DONT YOU PUT GOOD REPORTERS ON THIS ONE, I WISH WE HAD ONE GOOD NEWS PAPER IN THE COUNTRY WITH SOME BACK BONE

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motherofmine
In reply to the above comment on June 28th, 2008 2:15 pm:
THE ONLY TIME THIS WILL STOP IS WHEN WE HAVE A PAPERS WITH INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS WHICH WILL COVER THE FACTS AND THE TRUTH BEHIND THE FACTS, I AM REALY ANGRY ABOUT THIS ONE

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motherofmine
In reply to the above comment on June 28th, 2008 5:04 pm:
MR EDITOR WHY ARE YOU EDITING MY COMMENTS ON THIS ISSUE I DID NOT USE THE WORD AUTHORITIES I SAID THE BAR ASSOCIATION WAS NOT DOING A PROPER INVESTIGATION.

Moderator’s comment: The Bar Association does not appoint magistrates.

malaika06
In reply to the above comment on June 28th, 2008 5:31 pm:
IF you feel so strongly about investigative reporting and the local media not doing a proper job, why don’t you or one of your relatives, actually, one of your offsprings, take a sabbatical, go down to Guyana and start some serious “Investigative Reporting”.

Talk is so cheap!!!

bvbocan
In reply to the above comment on June 29th, 2008 9:02 pm:
I have a strong feeling the SN’s Moderator is a PPP supporter. Their censorship pen becomes overactive whenever a critical lens is focused on the regime.

Get Informed
In reply to the above comment on June 28th, 2008 5:00 pm:
Please don’t wait for a full investigation. Educate us from now so we know what we are looking at. A pre emptive strike is the best approach. I await your delivery

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Qyute
on June 28th, 2008 4:24 pm

I’m going to follow this case closely… That’s all I will say for now.

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guyanarm
on June 28th, 2008 4:37 pm

On has to remember that as an Officer in the police force, before he became a magistrate Gilhuys was involved in some negative situations. He was the police officer in the field during the 1999 GPSU strike where nurses were shot fighting for their rights and Supreme Court Registry workers tear-gassed after they rushed out of their offices as a result of a bomb scare. So I am not surprised that he is now embroiled in a shooting of a cop.

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Cheryl
In reply to the above comment on June 28th, 2008 5:58 pm:
OH! really, he was a cop, fill me in on this on.

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BADLALL
In reply to the above comment on June 29th, 2008 12:57 am:
YES he was a policeman. Just ask H Greene. He should have never been a magistrate his past is very CHECQUERED. Then again he fitted in with the Jagdeo PPP who appointed him, birds of a feather flock together

mackydog
In reply to the above comment on June 28th, 2008 9:18 pm:
He has a lot to pay for, quiet a lot…

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owenon123
on June 28th, 2008 6:07 pm

I WISH THE OFFICER SPEEDY RECOVERY.

SAD TO SAY FOLKS, NEVERTHELESS, THAT’S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE POLICE WANT TO BE SNEAKY LIKE THE CRIMINALS AND NOT WANTING TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES AS POLICE OFFICERS?

THIS IS WHAT RICARDO SAID, READ AS FOLLOWS:

“IN FOREIGN STATE THE POLICE IN UNMARKED VEHICLES WOULD USE A LOULD HAILER TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES.” WHY GUYANA POLICE FORCE CANNOT EMULATE THE SAME
PRACTICE?

WE HAVE TO REMEMBER, THIS MAGISTRATE HAS PROSECUTED MANY CASES AND STILL HAVE MANY PENDING BEFORE HIM, SO IT IS OBVIOUS THAT HE WAS PARANIOD WHEN THE UNMARKED CAR APPROACHED HIS VEHICLE.

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mackydog
In reply to the above comment on June 29th, 2008 12:10 am:
owenon1213,
What’s up? The police might be sneaky pulling up on ppl on Woolford Ave. because it is a place the police needed to patrol more often because of all that happens there at nights since it’s so dark and desolate. The police saw the vehicle and they were in the right to investigate it.
The police do not use loud speakers because they had their lights on, maybe that was enough to let anyone know of their presence. I mean, anyone can see lights faster than they can hear even a siren…that’s why emergency vehicles here in the US have so many lights, like a Christmas tree, (and ppl with hearing problems are allowed to drive here as you know) because so even ppl who deaf can recognise lights from a distance and respond appropriately.
The cases Gilhuys presided over since his tenure as a magistrate is not the reason he is paranoid…Gilhuys has a past and it’s his past deeds that has him paranoid.
But I still remember the ole Guyanese saying “wha miss yuh na pass yuh”. Karma is now beginning to catch up with Gordon Gilhuys.

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lady34
In reply to the above comment on July 12th, 2008 9:39 pm:
mackydog

what’s up you have alot of anger towards the magistrate, would it be because you, family members or friend had dealings with him as a cop. Let the truth be told.
vyktor90
on June 28th, 2008 6:42 pm

I remember The Gilhuys of the Eightys, the fearsome cop.

I also remember my days of stopping my car on the famous woolford ave. ( that was early nineties, not these days)

However I am not suprised the magistrate was not happy with the ” modus operandi” of the police causing him to open fire. Maybe if it were an ordinary citizen he may be dead right now, and the police would have claimed he want a notorious criminal related to other criminal activity.

Anyway I believe other rank of the force should take note.

I do hope Mr George recovers well.

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bgsbny
on June 28th, 2008 7:10 pm

…… doan get me wrong,, i’m not saying what transpired and what is reported should be anyones yard stick for conclusions,, the question here is,, not what the magistrate was doin there on woolford ave ,, that his business ,, what should be of concern to citizens is ,, why the use of guns ! ,,, by both parties…… and it’s not goin to be a surprise if the rank survive ,, considering some of the drugs ,, too,, are being stolen,, by hospital staff ,, and i don’t want my accusation of the hospital staff to be censored because i can back up my assertion ! i know of doctors in private practice who get lots of their medicines from nurses who steal from the hospitals and sell same to the doctors ,,…….anything now about what made bullets fly,, that will be reported will be skewed from lack of properly qualified ” reporters ” ,,,, they just seem unable to get it right !

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massive
on June 28th, 2008 7:29 pm

good luck to you mr gordon the old days is still in you,but lets do hope we get to hear the other side of the story

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darkchild
on June 28th, 2008 9:32 pm

YEARS AGO THIS SAME POLICEMAN WAS THE SUBJECT OF INVESTIGATION BY HUMAN RIGHTS IN RELATION TO EXTRA-JUDICIAL KILLINGS…IT IS IMPORTANT TO SEE WHAT WOULD BE THE OUTCOME OF THIS MATTER!!!!!

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timeless
on June 28th, 2008 11:22 pm

Mr. Gilhuys, i would imagine, having been a police himself and now a man of the law (in a manner of speaking), was expected to respond in a more intelligent manner. He KNOWS the MO of the force he served so committedly - what? he’s lost trust in them? and which guyanese with all his senses intact takes a call of nature at 11:00 pm in Woolford Avenue????? not with the crime situation!!! so Mr. G’s story seems leaky to me.

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lady34
In reply to the above comment on July 12th, 2008 9:51 pm:
Mr. timeless since you asking what guyanese of all senses intact would take a call of nature at 11pm on Woolford Ave, I would and expect if confronted by an officer of the law act professionally, and why a cop whit all senses intact only one cop approch the magisrate car and not they other cops with him.

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Guy Marco
on June 28th, 2008 11:53 pm

The law of a country has no exception -
If a magistrate can stop anywhere to answer a call of nature - who else wounldn’t. That is the limit!

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Charriot
on June 29th, 2008 2:21 am

Everyone needs to calm down, and wait for the investigations to complete. Why would a man of his status in Guyana, just open fire on the police?
A lot of you need to think before you run your flaps!!!

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caligula
on June 29th, 2008 8:46 am

Turning himself in has got to be commendable. No one is above the law. Not even high profile ministers who get involved in similar shooting incidents

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leo
on June 29th, 2008 8:58 am

this is has been happening to lots of citizen in guyana, the police has no protol or way in which they apporach the public and they have no respect for citizen. lets look at a few points(1) the police would drive behind citizen shooting at them, however they did not do this with the MAGISTRATE, i think i won’t continue with that, however Guyana’s crimes against its own citizens must be exposed to the entire world and it’s my job to take on that task of letting the world know about these crimes. The legacy of manifest destiny and the belief in Guyana superiority and exceptionalism have created a citizenry that is largely incapable of hearing any information about their country that is less than positive and glowing. The absence of true journalism and a compromised political system combine to promote the telling of bald faced lies. Truth tellers are marginalized and consigned to oblivion so as not to disrupt the national discourse.

Please lets make sure that we make that country a positive place to live.

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Galton
on June 29th, 2008 9:36 am

It is indeed a tragedy. I can’t recall any member of the Judiciary getting himself/herself in such hot water.

Seems as though the legal training had no affect on his character. As the saying goes ‘what miss yuh, ain’t pass yuh…’

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Ricardo
on June 29th, 2008 7:24 pm

One important point to take note of

I am not an active Military person but my opinion is the Police should get acquainted with Minister’s MP’s, Magistrates and members of the Bar licence numbers i can give you over 25 out of my head ask how many cops are so observant

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bvbocan
In reply to the above comment on June 29th, 2008 9:05 pm:
Oh dear! It seems like Gilhuys’ chickens are coming home to roost.

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gtintrouble
In reply to the above comment on June 30th, 2008 3:58 pm:
Not sure why anyone should be given special treatment. The police have a job to do and they must do it properly. They ought not to have special numbers so that those drivers are immune from searches.

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lady34
In reply to the above comment on July 12th, 2008 10:09 pm:
Richardo I agree with you, I am an american who married to a guyanese and on vacationing in georgetown/guyana listening to the people on the street who don’t know that magistrate gilhuys name there would be lying, so the cop had to know who he was and should have respected him as a senior officer of the law even by saying ok sir be careful here or something of the cert

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Get Informed
on June 29th, 2008 9:14 pm

Shot in the back?? So the cop was walking away? Was there an exchange of words? Was there an exchange of goods? Was there any discussion between the parties? There are too many unanswered questions but the mind is like Skinny - on the run!!!.

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gtintrouble
on June 30th, 2008 3:18 pm

This incident is a reminder of how the justice system in Guyana works. Tinted vehicles are for special persons. Shoot a cop and drive away, only special persons. Don’t surrender your firearm, special persons. Don’t renew your firearm licence, special persons again. Released from custody on Friday, only special persons again. Let the law run its course and let Gilhuys be a defendant like all those who daily appear before him and his brothers and sisters on the bench.

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lady34
In reply to the above comment on July 12th, 2008 10:25 pm:
gtintrouble you sound jealous if you visit guyana you would see the Indians driving with tinted cars it’s a privillage to have and be thankful. why you think this is a special person, look at other persons of authority. and stop single out this one. it’s called investigation, investigation, stop including the man brothers and sisters he did what he did by himself. it sounds like a old grievance with you, get over it sir.

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