A rank who was probing the rape complaint of 18-year-old Tonika Calder, who later died by suicide, was charged with criminal negligence earlier this year but the matter was thrown out by a magistrate at the Vigilance court because the charge was ruled as “bad in law,” according to sources.
Stabroek News was reliably informed that following the action of the magistrate, the file was sent to the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for legal advice.
Calder died by suicide on November 11, 2021, four days after she alleged she was raped by a taxi driver known to her family. Her death came just hours after she was interrogated by investigators at Cove and John police station, who forced her to detail her sex life in the presence of her mother and the alleged rapist.
