Cops say assault report against Broomes was backed by medical report, witnesses

Ann Marie Carter

There was evidence to support the assault allegation made against Guyana Women Miners Organisation (GWMO) president Simona Broomes, the Guyana Police Force stated yesterday, while urging the public to be patient while it investigates.

The police force yesterday issued a press release to set the record straight following several publications in the media about Broomes’ arrest and her subsequent lodging of an official complaint with the  Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

The release said that the incident at the centre of Broomes’ detention allegedly occurred on April 21, 2013, at Puruni but the