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Monday, September 20, 2010

5 CHARGED FOR BARTICA DOUBLE MURDER

Deonarine Ramdeo
Jainarine Ragoobar


Policeman Marlon Letlow and four others appeared in court to answer to charges of robbery and murder committed on two miners in Bartica earlier this month.

The Police are reportedly looking for a sixth suspect who is an ex-soldier.The other four suspects are Kim Bumbury, Mechanic Rawle Newton, former immigration officer Linden Scotland and Michael Newton. Rawle Newton was charged for the murders of the men while the others were charged for aiding and abetting the crime.

The Policeman Letlow and Scotland according to Police Prosecutor Stephen Telford, after they heard of the incident and the suspects, the men approached Rawle Newton and extorted $1.2 M and a car to keep silent on the incident. The car and a number of other items were bought with money stolen from the murder victims.

The Policeman and ex-immigration officer were caught during a sting operation. More details on the charges in Tommorow's Guyana Times.

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