Investigations into the rape allegation against Police Commissioner Henry Greene are complete and the report is expected to be sent to Director of Public Prosecu-tions (DPP) Shalimar Ali-Hack during the course of this week.
The Jamaican team that came to Guyana to assist with investigations has completed its work and returned to the island last Saturday. Acting Police Commissioner, Leroy Brummell, yesterday in an invited comment during Cadet Day at the Guyana Defence Force’s Base Camp Stephenson, Timerhi, confirmed that the Jamaican team has departed. “I think just some other tidying up and we should get that file off,” he said. The complainant in the matter was interviewed by the team about a week ago in the company of her attorney, Nigel Hughes.
Hughes had told this newspaper that he was unaware of the team’s investigation as it relates to the other party and as a result, could not offer much information. He had noted that the emphasis of the Jamaican team was to gather as much information as possible.
A 34-year-old mother of two alleged that she was sexually abused by Greene on the night of November 22, after she had sought his assistance in solving a police matter.
The commissioner proceeded on leave to accommodate the investigation and Assistant Commissioner Brummell was appointed to discharge the responsibilities of commissioner pending the outcome of the matter.
The woman, in the presence of Hughes, had alleged that after the incident Greene warned her against telling anyone or visiting a medical institution or doctor in connection with the matter.
She said that he had called her for several days from a mobile number, which she provided as 699-0870. She further stated that Greene wrote the number on the back of his card and told her that only government officials had knowledge of that number.
The woman said that several days after the incident, another senior police officer called her phone and requested that she meet a senior government functionary at the Office of the President to discuss the issue but she declined. She said the police officer told her that she should visit the government functionary alone “with no family or anybody.”
The allegations attracted calls by several groups for Greene to step down immediately so that a probe could be conducted.
