12-year-old held overnight by police for toy gun

A Guyhoc resident says that she will be starting a picketing exercise tomorrow after her 12-year-old son was arrested and detained overnight by police for being in possession of a toy gun.

Esther Perreira said what upset her more was the fact that it has been reported to her that the boy had to sleep on the cold concrete floor of the lockups which also had grown men inside. The child was released yesterday afternoon.

A senior police official told Stabroek News yesterday