Defender of democracy’ Crum-Ewing hailed

Nigel Hughes raising the bull horn at the funeral service.

Hundreds of people swarmed a small church in Albouystown yesterday afternoon to bid farewell to slain political activist Courtney Crum-Ewing who was hailed as a defender of democracy.

People flooded through the gates of the Heavenly Light Full Gospel church on Cooper Street Albouystown, banging at the doors to be let into the funeral service to view Crum-Ewing’s body. His family had to shove the doors close to prevent the swelling crowd from entering as the body was wheeled into the church.

Crum-Ewing, 40, was gunned down around 8 pm on March 10 as he was urging persons in the Diamond, East Bank Demerara community to vote at the