More than a month after Nidal Watkins was shot dead by police outside his Vergenoegen, East Bank Essequibo home, investigators have been unable to complete their file on the case as they are still to get a statement from one of the two police ranks injured in the confrontation with the man.
This is according to Crime Chief Seelall Persaud, who told Stabroek News last week that the statement has not been obtained from the rank, who has been “in and out of hospital” since the May