The Guyana Court of Appeal on Thursday commenced hearing the almost 40-year-old appeal filed by Donald Rodney to his 1982 conviction for unlawful possession of explosives, which his attorney says cannot be substantiated by evidence.
Rodney is the brother of historian and politician Dr Walter Rodney, the co-leader of the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) who was killed near John and Bent streets on June 13, 1980, after a walkie-talkie given to him exploded.
The then ruling People’s National Congress (PNC) party has been accused of orchestrating his death but has continued to reject any association with his fate. Rodney had actively opposed the PNC and had held mass public meetings which ended in invasions by security units and other groups.
