No such thing
-- Police Force denies seeking help from Roger Khan associates
Guyana Chronicle
April 16, 2007
THE Guyana Police Force yesterday denied requesting the assistance of ex-Policemen Gerald Perreira and Paul Rodrigues, who were Friday charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice and are expected back in court today.
The Police statement came in response to a Stabroek News report of the court proceedings, in which the Police said the statement by Attorney-at-law Glen Hanoman to the Georgetown Magistrates Court “seems to be an attempt to sway public opinion to believe that there is some assistance requested and or is being given to the (GPF) by Gerald Perreira and Paul Rodrigues”.
The force categorically denied requesting their assistance or “colluding” in any way with the men, who are linked to accused drug trafficker Roger Khan.
The Police said the men acted in their own accord when they went to the Ruimveldt outpost on March 23. The Police claimed that they may have had an interest in the $90M in diamonds stolen from Belgian national Krim Detozedo in a passageway next to the former Palm Court restaurant, Main Street, Georgetown on March 2, 2007.
“The Attorney’s statement that the defendant Perreira was living ‘a stone’s throw away from the Commissioner of Police’ is untrue and an attempt to mask the facts,” the Police stated.
The Police said Perreira is the common-law husband of former Police Inspector Fay Bremner who is a member of the United Housing Cooperative Society at Lamaha Springs, Georgetown.
The force said it remains committed to maintaining law and order in the society and will always seek the support of the public in fighting crime, but it must be done in a legal and professional manner.
The two men were not required to plea to the charge brought against them Friday, which stated that they attempted to pervert the course of justice by going to the East Ruimveldt Police outpost to speak with Orin Obermuller in relation to a matter under investigation.
Magistrate Gordon Gilhuys recused himself from the case because of his friendship with Perreira and transferred the matter to the court of Magistrate Nyasha Williams-Hatmin.
Their attorney in a bail application said the men were merely trying to assist the Police ranks when the allegation was made against them. Hanoman said the men’s whereabouts are known by the Police and their homes are searched quite regularly.
The men were initially refused pre-trial liberty but later Friday when attorneys Vic Puran and Adrian Thompson joined the defence, surety for the accused two was set at $200,000 each, pending their return to court today.