GBA urges independent inquiry into botched surveillance operation

Alana Seebarran

The Guyana Bar Association (GBA) yesterday called on the government to mount an independent inquiry into the bungled surveillance operation that resulted in the deaths of an army intelligence officer and two civilians, while saying that an explanation is needed for the use of military officers in such activities.

President David Granger last week stated that he sees no need for a full probe of the operation, which resulted in the deaths of Guyana Defence Force (GDF) soldier Sergeant Robert Pyle, his wife Stacy Pyle and truck driver Linden Eastman, along Carifesta Avenue on December 30, 2015. The accident occurred while Pyle, who had been part of an operation being conducted