A police rank was yesterday granted self-bail after he denied allowing the escape of Melvor Jeffrey, the Agricola teenager who reportedly had been shot by police in Agricola during an operation
It is alleged that Jermaine Joseph, 20, of West Coast Berbice, on July 19, at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GHPC), being employed with the Guyana Police Force which had lawful custody of Jeffrey, through negligence or carelessness, allowed Jeffrey to escape from lawful custody.
Joseph, who is assigned to the Tactical Services Unit pleaded not guilty to the charge read to him by Magistrate Leron Daly.
According to the attorney of the accused, his client is
