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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2021 | GUYANATIMESGY.COM
Essequibo Coast man drowns Lusignan Prison inmate beaten to death while bathing in trench T F orty-year-old Victor Soomaru of Gordon Street, Kitty, Georgetown, who was serving time for possession of narcotics, died while receiving medical attention at the Georgetown Public Hospital on Friday. Based on reports received, at about 21:05h on Thursday evening, prisoners housed in Unit 1 (quarantine section) of the penitentiary raised an alarm. Without hesitation, Prison Officers responded and it was reported that Soomaru was struck to the head with a piece of brick. At the time, the injured prisoner was wrapped in a towel and was asleep with another remanded prisoner in the same cell. The injured man was taken out of the unit and escorted to the prison infirmary where he was seen and treated by the medical personnel on duty. However, he was later trans-
ferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital to seek further medical attention. Due to his injuries, he was admitted but succumbed to his injuries the following morning at about 10:30h. Soomaru was housed in Unit 1 with three other prisoners, including the alleged accused. The Police are currently investigating the matter. Soomaru was admitted to the correctional facility on February 1, 2021. He was charged for having 1.9 grams of cannabis in his possession. The relatives of the now dead man were contacted and informed of the incident. His body was taken to the hospital mortuary awaiting a post-mortem. The Guyana Prison Service has related that the suspect in the beating to death of the inmate was relocated. Charges are expected to be laid shortly.
Earlier in the year, 44-yearold Roger Samuels of La Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara (WBD), who was on remand at the same prison on a larceny charge, was found dead in his cell. It was reported that the Duty Officer at Lusignan Prison was in the process of unlocking the prisoners to wash-up when he observed Samuels lying in a motionless state on his bed. In light of this, a doctor attached to the penitentiary, Dr Britton, examined Samuels and pronounced him dead. At the time of his incarceration, he shared a cell in Unit 1 with seven other inmates. He was charged and remanded to prison on January 8, 2021, for allegedly stealing a motor car. He was reportedly admitted to prison with several injuries to his body which were inflicted by the public as a result of the alleged offence he had committed.
he lifeless body of a 27-year-old man was on Friday morning pulled from a trench in front of his home where he went to take a bath on Thursday evening. The dead man has been identified as Lennox Ballieram of Abram’s Zuil, Essequibo Coast, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam). Based on reports received, the now dead man left his home at about 20:00h on Thursday to take a bath at a trench in front of his house but after some time had elapsed and he did not return home, his mother sent his brother to check on him but he was not seen. However, at about 06:30h on Friday, the now dead man’s brother went back to the location to check and it was then he saw a towel lying next to the trench. As such, he thought
something was amiss and went into the water to look for his brother. After several minutes in the trench, he reportedly found his brother’s submerged body. He raised an alarm and with the assistance of villagers, the body was pulled and taken to the Suddie Public Hospital mortuary awaiting a post-mortem. The matter was reported and the Police have launched an investigation into the incident. The Police did not say if the man’s body bore any marks of violence.
Cop charged for Peters Hall fatal accident
Dead: Dulmattie Boodlall
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member of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) found himself before the Providence Magistrates’ Courts on Friday, to answer to the charge of causing death by dangerous driving. Stephan Ramsay, who is attached to the Tactical Services Unit (TSU), was charged with the offence and released on $600,000 bail by Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman. The charge alleged that Ramsay on January 5, 2021, at Nandy Park, East Bank Demerara, drove a minibus belonging the GPF, in a man-
ner dangerous to the public, causing the death of 59-yearold Dulmattie Boodlall, of Lot 950 Block Y Section C, Golden Grove, EBD. Boodlall was struck down by minibus PWW 7172, which is attached to the Guyana Police Force (GPF) at Nandy Park, EBD, as she was attempting to cross the public road. It was reported that on January 5, 2021, the minibus was proceeding north along the western side of the eastern carriageway when the driver alleged that the woman was approaching a pedestrian crossing. Police said that the bus was about 8 feet away from the crossing when Boodlall started to cross the road on the crossing from west to east. On seeing this, the driver swerved to avoid a collision but ended up hitting the woman. As a result of the impact, she fell onto the roadway and received injuries about her body. She was picked up in an unconscious state and taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital where she was pronounced dead on arrival. The case will continue on February 19.
