Whether Police Commissioner Henry Greene returns to his office at Police Headquarters Eve Leary is partly in the hands of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), who is currently advising the police on rape allegations levelled against him.
Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee, responding to questions from Stabroek News at a press briefing on Friday, said Greene’s return “would depend on what we hear from the Director of Public Prosecutions.”
Asked if his return hinges only on her decision, Rohee said, “his return will be based on that as well as other factors, which I would not want to comment on at this point in time.”
Greene proceeded on leave shortly after a 34-year-old mother of two alleged that he had raped her on the night of November 22, at a city hotel, after she had sought his assistance in solving a police matter. Assistant Commissioner Leroy Brummell has been carrying out the functions of commissioner since then.
A team from Jamaica had travelled to Guyana to conduct investigations after President Donald Ramotar instructed the Ministry of Home Affairs to get external assistance. After interviewing Greene and the complainant, the team left and the file was submitted to the DPP.
After being in possession of it for more than a week, the DPP advised police investigators to conduct another interview with the woman. This has since been done.
The woman, in the presence of lawyer Nigel Hughes, previously told reporters that after the incident Greene warned her against telling anyone or visiting a medical institution or doctor in connection with the matter.
She said he had called her for several days from a mobile number, which she provided as 699-0870. She further stated that Greene wrote the number at the back of his card and told her that only government officials had knowledge of that contact number.
The woman said that several days after the incident, another senior police officer called her phone and requested that she meet a senior government functionary at the Office of the President to discuss the issue but she declined. She said the police officer told her that she should visit the government functionary alone, “with no family or anybody”.
