(Trinidad Express) – Giselle Balkaran-Phillip, the “battered” wife snatched by her husband and “rescued” at a house in La Brea a week later, is now accusing the police of murdering the man she loved.
Police said they had no choice but to use deadly force on Andre “Rabbit” Phillip, 38, because he pulled a gun when they stormed the house on Wednesday afternoon.
But Balkaran-Phillip told relatives her husband had no weapon.
She said Phillip hugged and kissed her and told her he loved her and the children before police burst into the house and shot him in the mouth.
Police denied the claims, stating they recovered a .38 revolver from Phillip. Senior police officers said the suspect fired at the officers who responded. Investigators said they were responding to a report the woman was being held captive at the house.
A week before the abduction, Balkaran-Phillip had left the matrimonial home to stay with her mother at Warden Road, Point Fortin.
Last week Wednesday, two men wearing masks walked in and dragged her away.
Phillip, released from prison of a drug charge two months ago, was identified as the driver of the getaway car.
He crashed the car a short distance away and commandeered a passing vehicle. The car was found abandoned at South Central Road, Guapo, that evening.
