After a week, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) is still to give a recommendation on rape allegations against Police Commissioner Henry Greene.
There has been no explanation as to what is causing the delay. When contacted yesterday, Crime Chief Seelall Persaud confirmed that the police file on the matter was still with the DPP.
Attorney Nigel Hughes, who is representing the woman who made the complaint against Greene, told this newspaper that he has received no update from the police. He said that all the information gathered so far is from the press.
A team of investigators from Jamaica had travelled to Guyana to assist in the investigation after President Donald Ramotar instructed the Ministry of Home Affairs to get external assistance. The team left last week after interviewing Greene and the 34-year-old mother of two who is his accuser.
The woman is alleging that the incident occurred on the night of November 22, at a city hotel, after she had sought his assistance in solving a police matter.
The woman, in the presence of Hughes, previously told reporters 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 at the back of his card and told her that only government officials had knowledge of that contact 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.
The commissioner proceeded on leave to accommodate the investigation and Assistant Commissioner Leroy Brummell was appointed to discharge the responsibilities of commissioner pending the outcome of the matter.
