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February 24 2020

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A thirteen-year-old female of West Demerara, who had filed a sexual assault complaint against a pandit with the police on Monday last has committed suicide.

The teen took her own life on Saturday morning.

Police Commander of Region Three, Simon Mc Bean said yesterday that the teenager visited the police last week accompanied by her father and made the report. The alleged acts of sexual assault occurred between October 2019 and January 2020.

He said too that the accused was arrested and questioned and later released on $150,000 station bail. Mc Bean, further stated that they are continuing with the investigations and will seek legal advice. Meanwhile, Sanjeev Datadin, the attorney for the pandit issued a statement on the matter last evening.

He said: My client wishes the public to be aware of the following:

 1.  That at no time was he informed by the police that it was alleged that he had  any physical contact whatsoever with the child.

2.         At all times the investigation centred around improper text messages and nothing else.

3.         My client specifically denied that he had ever sent inappropriate texts to the child.

4.         That he was also informed when he inquired, that there are no text messages in existence at this time.

5.         That upon being informed by the police of their investigation he cooperated fully and openly with the investigation.

He added that his client remains fully prepared to cooperate fully with any police investigation. β€œHe is innocent of any wrongdoing”, Datadin said.

If you or someone you know is having thoughts of committing suicide, you can seek help from the Inter-Agency Suicide Prevention Helpline through the following:

Telephone: 223-0818, 223-0009 and 223-0001

 

Mobile: 600-7896 or 623-4444

Email: guyagency@yahoo.com

Twitter: @guyanaagency

Whatsapp: 600-7896 or 623-4444

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Which reporting is true.. 

Kaieture News below... 

However, the alleged victim reportedly refused to submit to a medical examination to ascertain whether she was sexually active.
Then on Saturday, the girl’s father discovered her dead in her bedroom. A postmortem will be carried out this week.
An attorney for the pandit yesterday denied that the teen had accused his client of touching her.
He said, instead, that the religious leader claims that he is accused of sending inappropriate texts to the alleged victim. According to the attorney, the police found no such text messages in his client’s phone.
However, police insist that the claim had nothing to do with texting, but with touching of the teen.

https://www.kaieteurnewsonline...ppropriate-touching/

FM
Sean posted:

Shut you rass. A person is presumed innocent until found guilty. Everyone is entitled to a lawyer. It is for the police to investigate and lay charges as is customary. 

Don’t drag the PPP into this. It is a police and A legal matter. 

Bibi Haniffa posted:

Sanjeev Datadin should not have taken this case.  He and Pandit are both on the PPP candidates list.

PPP supporters will most likely stay away from polls to show sympathy for the Larki. Dem young Pundits in Guyana are notably Playboys.

Mitwah

It would be advisable that the Police investigate this since the alleged victim refused a medical examination. The police though are mentioning inappropriate touching. This has to be investigated and the pandit hands chopped off if found guilty. Until then, this  remains a police and legal matter. 

FM
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Sean posted:

Shut you rass. A person is presumed innocent until found guilty. Everyone is entitled to a lawyer. It is for the police to investigate and lay charges as is customary. 

Don’t drag the PPP into this. It is a police and A legal matter. 

The point in the discussion , both persons ,the accused and the defense lawyer are on the PPP List of Candidates for the upcoming elections.

Django
Sean posted:

It would be advisable that the Police investigate this since the accused refused a medical examination. The police though are mentioning inappropriate touching. This has to be investigated and the pandit hands chopped off if found guilty. Until then, this  remains a police and legal matter. 

Pundit Sean, the PM can reveal if she was sexually active. The police can hold on to the body or refuse to issue the certificate for cremation.

Mitwah
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Django posted:
Sean posted:

Shut you rass. A person is presumed innocent until found guilty. Everyone is entitled to a lawyer. It is for the police to investigate and lay charges as is customary. 

Don’t drag the PPP into this. It is a police and A legal matter. 

The point in the discussion , both persons ,the accused and the defense lawyer are on the PPP List of Candidates for the upcoming elections.

Is this a PPPC matter? and what is the conflict of interest.. 

ayo gat no shame to bring politics in this matter.. jeezzz 

let the focus be on the teenager man .

FM
Dave posted:
Django posted:
Sean posted:

Shut you rass. A person is presumed innocent until found guilty. Everyone is entitled to a lawyer. It is for the police to investigate and lay charges as is customary. 

Don’t drag the PPP into this. It is a police and A legal matter. 

The point in the discussion , both persons ,the accused and the defense lawyer are on the PPP List of Candidates for the upcoming elections.

Is this a PPPC matter? and what is the conflict of interest.. 

ayo gat no shame to bring politics in this matter.. jeezzz 

let the focus be on the teenager man .

The Lawyer and the pundit are on the PPP's list of candidates. 

Mitwah
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Mitwah posted:
Dave posted:
Django posted:
Sean posted:

Shut you rass. A person is presumed innocent until found guilty. Everyone is entitled to a lawyer. It is for the police to investigate and lay charges as is customary. 

Don’t drag the PPP into this. It is a police and A legal matter. 

The point in the discussion , both persons ,the accused and the defense lawyer are on the PPP List of Candidates for the upcoming elections.

Is this a PPPC matter? and what is the conflict of interest.. 

ayo gat no shame to bring politics in this matter.. jeezzz 

let the focus be on the teenager man .

The Lawyer and the pundit are on the PPP's list of candidates. 

These fellas are astonishing.

Django
Dave posted:
Django posted:
Sean posted:

Shut you rass. A person is presumed innocent until found guilty. Everyone is entitled to a lawyer. It is for the police to investigate and lay charges as is customary. 

Don’t drag the PPP into this. It is a police and A legal matter. 

The point in the discussion , both persons ,the accused and the defense lawyer are on the PPP List of Candidates for the upcoming elections.

Is this a PPPC matter? and what is the conflict of interest.. 

ayo gat no shame to bring politics in this matter.. jeezzz 

let the focus be on the teenager man .

Bai, is Paglin Bibi fuss bring up PPP. DJ juss ran with the bait. 
The has has everything to do with justice for the victim if these allegations are proven to be true. If I were the police, I would also grill the father for more information. Something is amiss there. 

 

FM
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Mitwah posted:
Dave posted:
Django posted:
Sean posted:

Shut you rass. A person is presumed innocent until found guilty. Everyone is entitled to a lawyer. It is for the police to investigate and lay charges as is customary. 

Don’t drag the PPP into this. It is a police and A legal matter. 

The point in the discussion , both persons ,the accused and the defense lawyer are on the PPP List of Candidates for the upcoming elections.

Is this a PPPC matter? and what is the conflict of interest.. 

ayo gat no shame to bring politics in this matter.. jeezzz 

let the focus be on the teenager man .

The Lawyer and the pundit are on the PPP's list of candidates. 

1) is  this a PPP matter 

2) is the PPP in Government 

FM
Django posted:
Mitwah posted:
Dave posted:
Django posted:
Sean posted:

Shut you rass. A person is presumed innocent until found guilty. Everyone is entitled to a lawyer. It is for the police to investigate and lay charges as is customary. 

Don’t drag the PPP into this. It is a police and A legal matter. 

The point in the discussion , both persons ,the accused and the defense lawyer are on the PPP List of Candidates for the upcoming elections.

Is this a PPPC matter? and what is the conflict of interest.. 

ayo gat no shame to bring politics in this matter.. jeezzz 

let the focus be on the teenager man .

The Lawyer and the pundit are on the PPP's list of candidates. 

These fellas are astonishing.

Thanks for the compliments πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

FM

The victims in Guyana pay the price as a result of a lack of support and counselling. Young girls in Guyana don’t have a social network to fall back on when victimized. Police need to act quickly and these cases brought to the courts in a timely manner. 
This has noting to do with PPP or PNC, it’s a social evil that must be addressed by the courts. Posters who are trying to pin this on the PPP have no shame whatsoever. 

FM
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ksazma posted:

Hasn’t Nigel defended people from his own party before? Aren’t everyone in Guyana somehow connected to one party or another? What’s the big deal if everything is done according to the law?

Great observation Kaz. see below.

 However, when a man or woman enters politics, and runs for political office, she or he gives up the right to a private life.

A civil motion for wrongful dismissal (action number 806-W 2002): Vernon Griffith vs NBIC (now Republic Bank) was filed in the High Court on December 30, 2002. Vernon Griffith, the Juror Foreman in the Lusignan massacre trial, was represented by the law firm Hughes, Fields & Stoby of which Nigel Hughes is a senior partner. This case concluded on October 29, 2008. Now let us fast-forward to the present.
After the Jury brought in a β€˜not guilty’ verdict against James Anthony Hyles, known as β€˜Sally’ and Mark Royden Williams, called β€˜Smallie’, both charged with the slaughter of 11 innocent human beings (including 5 children) in Lusignan as they sleep, it was discovered that the Juror Foreman failed to inform the court of his 6 year-old relationship with Nigel Hughes, the lawyer that represented James Hyles. After this revelation, the trial judge, Justice Navindra Singh inquired from Juror Foreman, Vernon Griffith why he did not come forward with the information when the court was going through the process of eliminating jurors. Griffith in response said that he did not see it as a problem, since he did not know the lawyer personally. Hughes, on the other hand, said he did not remember knowing Vernon Griffith period. This ridiculous statement is at best ludicrous. Let us examine Hughes’ explanation. In an email sent to the Stabroek News, Hughes said, β€œIt is impossible for me to remember all the clients I have. For my current clients I have to check our records electronically for conflicts. There are several lawyers in our chambers and it is almost impossible to keep an accurate record of who we would have represented in 2003 and 2008.”
Under normal circumstances, that explanation may been accepted, but Hughes was the one who led Vernon Griffith in evidence during the 2002 civil motion he brought against NBIC which lasted for 6 years. Nigel Hughes conducted the entire trial by himself. Furthermore, all court documents were signed by Nigel Hughes. These include: The Writ of Summons; A Statement of Claim; A Notice of Default of Defense; An Extension of Time; A Notice for Request of Hearing; and A Notice to Produce. So unless Nigel Hughes suffers from the dreaded Alzheimer’s Disease, it would appear that his memory of not knowing Vernon Griffith, is deliberately flawed. Perhaps with the hope of gaining a critical advantage during the Lusignan trial.
Because of all the publicity, and public outcry the Lusignan massacre generated, the learned trial judge embarked on an exceptional course of action, not usually done in other trials. After the Jurors was empaneled, he held an enquiry and asked very specific questions of each juror to ascertain if any of them knew or had a relationship with any of the deceased or their relatives. Justice Singh also enquired specifically if any of the Jurors had any relationship with any of the lawyers involved in this case. As Vernon Griffith responded to these specific questions, Nigel Hughes stood silently, knowing fully well that his former client was lying.
Juror No. 12, Compton Elgin, also appeared to have had some contact with the father of the accused killer, James Hyles. A complaint was made by counsel for the prosecution, Mrs. Judith Gildharie-Mursalin, in the presence of both Defense Attorneys, Mr. Roger Yearwood and Mr. Nigel Hughes, that Juror No. 12, Compton Elgin was seen in conversation with a man, and it was observed that the juror Elgin had shown the said man the thumbs up sign with both hands. That man was subsequently identified as the father the accused, James Anthony Hyles, the man Nigel Hughes defended. This is nothing less than a travesty; a miscarriage of justice.
In Part 2 of this letter, I will expose Nigel Hughes racial bias, and my call for him to be reprimanded! Stay tuned.

http://guyanachronicle.com/201...ge-of-justice-part-i

FM
Sean posted:
ksazma posted:

It also shows how miserably Tola failed in his β€˜mission’.

Valid point,  where is Tola and his suicide mission elimination squad ? His nephew Totaram might show up here. He declared in a post here that Tola is his uncle. 

Y'all ain't got nothing better to do than beat down a man who is trying to do some good?

A

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