Ministry awaiting ‘official report’ on assault by cop at St Ignatius

The Ministry of Home Affairs yesterday said it was “dismayed” at the serious allegations made against a member of the Guyana Police Force accused of assaulting a woman from St Ignatius, Region Nine.

Roxanne Farias was reportedly assaulted by an officer stationed at the Lethem Police Station on the morning of June 10 outside a nightclub in Tabatinga known as ‘City Boy’ or ‘Yellow Shop.’

In a press release yesterday, the ministry said that in the absence of an official report,