GPF denounces ‘misleading statement’ from Adrianna Younge’s family lawyer

– labels it “wholly and deliberately untrue”

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) in a statement, has categorically denounced what it called “the misleading statement published by Attorney at Law, Dexter Todd, in a press release alleging that the father of Adrianna Younge was not contacted by the police to give a statement.”
The GPF asserted that the statement is wholly and deliberately untrue, as Police records reveal that several requests and attempts were made to accommodate the grieving father of Adrianna Younge to give a statement.
According to the police, Mr Subrian Younge, the father, was first directly approached on April 24, at the Double Day Hotel, by the Officer in Charge of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Regional Police Division #3, and invited to visit the station the same day to give a statement to the police, but this was not done.
Thereafter, records reveal that the Officer again on May 1, via a phone call, spoke to attorney Daren Wade in relation to having the relatives of Adrianna Younge, particularly her father and mother, to visit the station to give statements. On this occasion, they said they would come after the funeral.
Further attempts were made on May 8 and 9, when the Officer in Charge of the CID in Regional Division #3, via phone call, spoke with Dexter Todd in relation to having the relatives give statements.
However, other relatives, except the father of Adrianna Younge, showed up. According to the police, this was strange since, during these conversations with the attorney, Todd told the officer that he understood that calling for justice was one thing but that the relatives had a responsibility to come in to the police to give statements.
Additionally, on May 16, the officer, via phone call, again spoke with Dexter Todd in relation to having the father of Adrianna visit the station to give a statement. On this occasion, the officer was told by the attorney that he would get back to him, so no date or time was set when the father would be available to give a statement to the police.
Further, at the appropriate time, the GPF will respond seriatim to the barrage of blatant misrepresentations of the facts by Todd as to what exactly was said during the meeting between himself, the bereaved family members of the deceased, and the distinguished RCMP (Ret’d) Major Crimes Investigator.
This, the GPF statement pointed out, raises significant questions regarding the attorney’s integrity and motives for inaccurately reporting to the public the facts in this highly sensitive matter.
Moreover, Todd has conveniently omitted in his press release that he had expressed tremendous confidence in the investigative capabilities of Mr Leonard McCoshen.
His exact words to the independent investigator are, “Your input and recommendation can assist greatly in this matter.”
The GPF, the statement concluded, remains committed to a thorough, impartial, and professional investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Adrianna Younge.