A jury was yesterday finally selected for the long delayed Coroner’s Inquest into the deaths of Jermaine Canterbury, Mark Anthony Joseph, and Romario Gouveia, who were fatally shot by police almost two years ago.
However, the families of the three young men will have to wait until January 29th next year before the inquest begins before Magistrate Alex Moore at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court 10.
The announcement was made yesterday by Magistrate Moore after the jury was selected and sworn in.
Over a year ago, then Crime Chief Seelall Persaud had said that the police force’s Office of Professional Responsibil-ity (OPR) had recommended that an inquest be held into the deaths of cousins Canterbury, 21, and Joseph, called “Two Grand,” 19 and Gouveia, 19,
Three Albouystown youths were fatally shot on South Road, in the vicinity of K&VC on October 12th, 2013.
The police had stated that moments before they were shot, the three young men had exited a car near the K&VC hotel, where they were allegedly going to commit an armed robbery. Police said ranks had received information that an occupant of the hotel was the target, and they had been staking out the building. They said they challenged the three youths as they were making their way to the hotel and the men opened fire, forcing them to return fire.
Witnesses had, however, told this newspaper that the youths were put to lie on the roadway in front of the hotel and then shot. Persons close to the Georgetown Hospital had also recalled hearing at least two gunshots moments before the
