Former police internal affairs officer charged with taking bribes

Suzette Cornette, a former employee of the Guyana Police Force’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR), was yesterday charged with obtaining over $500,000 in cash and items to derail the prosecution of a larceny suspect.

Cornette, 54, a former prosecutor and inspector, was read four charges by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in Georgetown yesterday.

It was alleged that on February 20th, at the office of the OPR, Cornette, being an agent of the state, collected $100,000 from Andrew Fung