A week after the police completed their investigations into the alleged rape of suspect Colwyn Harding, the case file is yet to reach the chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for advice on the possible laying of charges against the ranks implicated.
According to what Stabroek News has been told, the usual protocol in a case where allegations have been leveled against the police would see an investigation first conducted by the Office of Professional responsibility (OPR), which would refer its findings and recommendations to the Police Com-plaints Authority (PCA) for its chairman to review the file and make his own recommendations. That file is then sent to the DPP’s Chambers.
PCA Chairman Cecil Kennard, when contacted yesterday, told Stabroek News that he had to request
