GHRA hoping gov’t sees need to show needed steps taken to solve West Berbice murders

Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) Co-Chair Mike McCormack believes that the government should reassess its position on the participation of a forensic team from Argentina in the investigation of the murders of West Coast Berbice (WCB) teenagers Joel and Isaiah Henry and Haresh Singh.

“We are continuing with the hope that eventually they will recognise the usefulness of having this team here, not simply to ensure conviction or these sorts of things but also an approach to this problem is that even if it has not ended in conviction but ends with a contention that the government has taken all measures necessary, gone the extra mile, that will be more acceptable to the society,” McCormack told Stabroek News yesterday during a telephone interview.

McCormack said that if the murders are treated like any other, requiring only the local expertise available, then the full dimensions will be ignored.