Leader of the Opposition Aubrey Norton has said that the Guyana Police Force should not be responsible for investigating the allegations of the cover up of a murder probe levelled by Sergeant Police Dion Bascom.
Bascom, during a Facebook live video on Thursday, accused the police force of covering up the murder of Ricardo Fagundes on March 21st last year. The allegations have since triggered a probe by the police force’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR).
In short clips extracted from the live broadcast and seen by Stabroek News, Bascom, who said he had been a member of the GPF for 12 years, voiced his frustration at being used by the force without receiving any credit for his work. He also said he was tired of hidden corrupt practices involving senior members within the force. It was against this background that he cited the Fagundes case.
