It cannot be completely ruled out that Gregory Smith, the man accused of causing the 1980 explosion which killed Dr Walter Rodney, was an agent of the security forces, Crime Chief Leslie James said yesterday while being confronted with more holes in the police investigation.
James, resuming his testimony before the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into Rodney’s death at the Supreme Court Law Library, stated that there was no evidence to show that the Guyana Police Force investigators had followed up on the premise that Smith could have been an agent.
Rodney, co-leader of the Working People’s Association (WPA), was killed after a walkie-talkie given to him exploded in his