A pre-charge report has been drawn up for the child involved in the altercation with Golden Grove student Jamal Reid and it is expected that he will face the court shortly, sources have confirmed to this newspaper.
Stabroek News also understands that in the case of Strathspey Primary School student Mark Harrypaul the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has recommended that an inquest be conducted into the circumstances of his death.
On Tuesday, the relatives of both students staged a protest in front of the Strathspey Primary School calling for justice.
According to sources, while the police have been advised to conduct further investigations, a pre-charge report has been drawn up as it relates to Reid’s alleged attacker. This newspaper understands that the child will be charged.
The family of Harrypaul had expressed dissatisfaction that the DPP’s office had advised that no charges be brought against the 14-year-old boy whose action caused the child’s death. They had also said that they were informed that the file that was sent to the DPP for advice was only returned to the Vigilance Police Station last Wednesday. Harrypaul’s parents were duly informed that no charge was recommended against the teenager. However, the DPP advised counselling sessions for the 14-year-old involved in the incident, a student of Buxton Secondary School, who reportedly frequented the primary school and bullied the pupils there. A post-mortem examination had revealed that Mark Harrypaul died of a fractured skull (epidural hematoma) as a result of blunt trauma to the head.
However, this newspaper was reliably informed yesterday that an inquest will be conducted into the 11-year-old’s death.
On Thursday November 9th 2023, Reid, 16, was struck in the head with a cricket bat by another student, in his school’s compound. He sustained a fractured skull on the right side of the parietal bone and this was accompanied by internal bleeding as a result of several damaged blood vessels. Severe blood clotting placed pressure on the brain and resulted in swelling.
The 16-year-old accused of wounding Reid at Golden Grove Secondary School was arrested for 72 hours and later released on station bail.
