As he had vowed, the father of teenager Jaheim Peters—who has accused cops at the Vigilance Police Station of torturing him—has filed an action in the High Court, asking that his son be released from police confinement.
The 17-year-old is currently a patient of the Burn Care Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital where he is receiving treatment under police guard, for burns he said he sustained at the hands of police while in custody at Vigilance.
Esse Peters filed the court action on behalf of his son on Wednesday afternoon, shortly after the Guyana Police Force (GPF) announced that based on legal advice, no criminal charges would be laid against the police officers at the centre of the allegation.