-but says independent probe needed for justice
While calling on police to do a thorough investigation, Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon yesterday said that an independent investigation would be needed in order to ensure that justice is served in the murders of West Coast Berbice teenagers Isaiah Henry and Joel Henry.
During a visit, Harmon told residents of Region Five and relatives of the slain teens that while they don’t know who the perpetrators are, there are some suspicions. “I call on the police to do a thorough investigation of this matter,” he said, while adding that although he stood by the residents’ protests throughout the region in response to the killings, the residents should allow the police to do their job.
However, Harmon also charged that the investigative arm of the Guyana Police Force has been infiltrated by “known thugs” and as a result he said “we will have to insist that there be an independent investigation and independent forensic work so that the evidence which is acquired nobody can’t hide it and duck it. So we have to be very vigilant but allow the police to do their work.”
