GAWL denounces any attempt to intimidate judges

The Guyana Association of Women Lawyers (GAWL) on Saturday denounced all attempts made to intimidate Judges in Guyana.
Only last week, one day before the case management hearing of the APNU/AFC-filed election petition hearing, two persons armed with a toy gun intruded and attacked the security and home of the Chief Justice of Guyana, Roxane George.
In a statement, the GAWL said “we strongly condemn the incident, which occurred at the home of the Honourable Madam Chief Justice (ag) Roxane George on the 21st October, 2020. The GAWL implores all citizenry to respect and uphold the rule of law”.
“We denounce any attempt to intimidate Judges or diminish their complete neutrality and integrity or to affect the outcome of cases,” the statement read.
GAWL further urged investigators to conduct a swift and thorough investigation into the atrocity. They implored that law enforcers ensure that all Judges are adequately protected, to avoid any future occurrence.
On Wednesday last, at about 14:00h at Justice George’s residence, two police ranks were attacked. It was disclosed that on the day in question, the two ranks were on duty at the Judge’s home, when one left to use the washroom.
The security was confronted by a man, who is about 5 feet 4 inches in height, dark in complexion and slim built. He was wearing black short pants and a white jersey tied around his face. He was also armed with what appeared to be a black handgun
Upon seeing the officer, the man approached the rank and pointed the object in her direction. It was reported that he tried to punch the officer, but he missed.
According to the rank, she called out to her colleague, who was armed for assistance, and was in the garage of the building.
The rank, having heard the call, went to inquire, and saw the suspect pointing the object at him. He immediately ran for cover. However, the person then dropped the object, ran in a northern direction, jumped over a fence and made good his escape.
No shots were fired, and no one was injured. The object was picked up and is suspected to be a toy gun.
Meanwhile, in an interview with Guyana Times on Saturday, Guyana Police Force’s (GPF) Public Relations Officer Royston Andries-Junor said the last information he received was that one person was arrested and in custody in relation to the invasion up to Friday night.
Investigations are still ongoing.