Sample in Sheema Mangar case left behind, but eventually sent to Barbados

The Guyana Police Force said yesterday said that a hair sample in the Sheema Mangar case which was to be taken to Barbados for testing in October 2010 was left behind by a policeman but it was eventually dispatched to Bridgetown in August last year and the results are being awaited.

In a widely publicized case, Mangar was run over by a car in September 2010 driven by the man who stole her cell phone and she later died. Her family has expressed frustration at the pace of the police probe.

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