DPP returns Colwyn Harding file to cops for more work

Shalimar Ali-Hack

The police have been asked by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Shalimar Ali-Hack to do further work on their internal probe of the alleged rape of Colwyn Harding by one if their own ranks.

Ali-Hack said yesterday in a brief statement that after examining the file she has returned it to the police for further investigations.

Stabroek News understands that this development might be due to the fact that the police did not make arrangements to have Harding medically examined as part of their examination as is done with all rape allegations. To further complicate this issue, a medical report from a doctor from a private hospital who had examined Harding after he