Police convinced all 17 prison deaths were result of fire

Despite evidence given to the contrary at the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the March 3 fatal prison fire, the police are convinced that all 17 deaths were as a result of the conflagration.

Fire Chief Marlon Gentle, who has 15 years’ experience as an investigator in the Guyana Fire Service, had testified last week that one of bodies was decapitated with the head located a fairly good distance away and another was in a slouching position, with intestines protruding.

However, a police source, when contacted yesterday by Stabroek News, said the force was in possession of photographic