Quancy John, the policeman accused of fatally shooting Patentia schoolboy Kelvin Fraser almost two years ago has been committed to stand trial in the High Court for the murder.
Following a preliminary inquiry held at the Wales Magistrate’s Court, Magistrate Ann McLennan several weeks ago said that there was a sufficient case against John and committed him to stand trial for the capital offence.
John, 32, of 325 Kuru Kuru, Linden-Soesdyke Highway was charged with murdering 16-year-old Fraser on June 7 at Patentia, West Bank Demerara.
Fraser was shot and killed by the rank while he was reportedly fleeing police officers who had gone to the Patentia Secondary School following complaints of young men interfering with girls at the schools. John was eventually charged after weeks of public outcry. Classmates of Fraser and their supporters held two protests at the Wales Police Station and in Georgetown to demand that justice be done.
An autopsy found that Fraser died of shock and haemorrhage from laceration of the lungs caused by gunshot injuries. The teenager was shot in the left side of his chest at close range and several pellets were retrieved from his body.
