| Family members of two men who were shot dead by the police a little over two years ago continue to be frustrated at the delay to commence the inquest into their deaths.Paul BascomThe matter which was scheduled to start last year, was called up again before Magistrate Alex Moore, yesterday, and for the umpteenth time, the police ranks who are central to the case did not show up.This forced the Magistrate to adjourn the matter to today, but not before he hinted at issuing arrest warrants for the policemen.The Director of Public Prosecution had ordered that an inquest be held into the deaths of Paul Bascom, a resident of Diamond Housing Scheme and Alberto Grant, or Alberto Mustapha, 28, called ‘Mukie’, of Lot 299 Meadow Brook Gardens. They were shot dead during an alleged 20-minute shootout with police at Diamond, East Bank Demerara on December 7, 2013.The matter had gained much public attention after whistleblower,Jerseys NFL Wholesale, Lennox Wayne,Cheap Wholesale Jerseys, called ‘Two Colours’ refuted the police versions of what transpired on the night the men were killed.The police had reported that their ranks had staked out the home of a trucking service operator at Diamond, East Bank Demerara, which the suspects were reportedly planning to rob.According to the police, they challenged two men who were approaching on foot, and one of them pulled out a handgun and opened fire on the ranks. The police returned fire and fatally wounded both men. The police said that they recovered a .38 snub-nose revolver with two live rounds and two spent shells, along with one 9mm. round and two 7.62 x 39 rounds.Although the Police Office of Professional Responsibility was tasked with investigating that shooting, the findings of their probe have not been released to the public,Cheap Jerseys From China, although the then Commissioner of Police Leroy Brummel had promised to have that done. Paul Grant and Anita Sebrene, the father and mother of Alberto Grant and Paul Bascom,Cheap Soccer Jerseys, have both been on a crusade to find out the truth about the circumstances that led to the killings at Diamond.But despite all the information they were able to gather, they were not able to put the pieces of the puzzle together.Their efforts to find the truth were renewed when they read that self-confessed ‘hit man’ Lennox Wayne admitted that he was a part of the police operation that resulted in the deaths of their two sons.Wayne had told this newspaper that he worked along with the police on a number of operations, including the shooting at Diamond. He gave the names of the officers who were on both operations, and suggested that they did not happen the way the police said they did.“Dem ain’t had no shoot out,” Wayne had confirmed. He said he went to the scene on his motorcycle and when he stopped at the location,Cheap Jerseys Wholesale, the police who were following behind pulled up also.“By time I stop, all I see is they (police) stop and start discharging rounds when they see de men coming out de yard. Me ain’t see de men dem fire nothing…it wasn’t an exchange of gunfire,” Wayne said.The dead men’s relatives believe that he is the key to any investigation into the matter and are appealing to the authorities to ensure that he is protected.Yesterday, when the matter was called, Wayne was not among the witnesses present, since no effort was reportedly made to have him released from the Camp Street Prison where he is currently on remand for the murder of a Lusignan Cosmetologist.However, the names of the policemen involved were called but there was no one there to respond, much to the frustration of the dead men’s relatives.Grant’s father, Paul Grant, was present. He informed the court that despite police claims that he could not be located initially he was served with a summons to attend court.He did explain to the court, though, that he had moved from his original address after one of the police ranks involved was making enquiries about him and he became fearful for his life.In the end, the Magistrate urged the Prosecutor,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, Sergeant Simmons, to ensure that the ranks present themselves in court today.He also apologized to the four jurors for the time wasted. |
