No charges recommended against BHS teacher yet – DPP
…says Chronicle article “totally false”
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) on Wednesday denied that it had advised that criminal charges be instituted against embattled Bishops’ High School Teacher, Coen Jackson, who is at the centre of a sex scandal involving students at his school.
Accused: Sir Cohen Jackson, former BHS teacher
The DPP’s Office in a statement said it has asked the Police to conduct further investigations into the matter. It labelled a Guyana Chronicle report as “totally, totally false” which reported that the DPP confirmed that charges would be laid after wrapping up investigations.
The office said the file concerning the matter was returned since December 8, 2017, so that additional information relating to copies of birth certificates could be included. The DPP also wants statements from the counselling agency and the Teaching Service Commission.
Jackson, a trained and qualified teacher, continues to deny accusations made by Government’s Cultural Policy Advisor, Ruel Johnson and his partner that she had an intimate relationship with Jackson while she had been a student at the Bishops’ High School.
But Jackson says the accusations against him were concocted by Johnson who has a personal problem with him because he had been in contact with the young woman who is now 22 years old.
