Police hunting former murder accused for death threats to Crum-Ewing’s mother

‘Grey Boy’ in hiding

Police investigators are trying to locate Regan “Grey Boy” Rodrigues, the former suspect implicated in the murder of political activist Courtney Crum-Ewing, because he has allegedly been making death threats to the Mrs Donna Harcourt, mother of Crum-Ewing.

She recently lodged with police a complaint that Grey Boy had, last Saturday morning, threatened to “wipe her out”, expressing anger that she had implicated him in the killing of her son.
A senior “A” Division police official revealed on Sunday that ranks are actively pursuing the suspect because of the nature of the remarks that were allegedly uttered. “We are sill searching, because a report was made; we have to investigate all sides of the story,” the senior police source indicated.
“Grey Boy” was, up to Sunday evening, still elusive. According to reports in the media, Harcourt was plying her trade at her stall at Regent and Wellington Streets when she reportedly heard Rodrigues saying if he had the will, “I would wipe you out!”
City Magistrate Judy Latchman had in early June not found sufficient evidence to commit “Grey Boy” to stand trial for Crum-Ewing’s murder, and had discharged the case against him. In her ruling, Magistrate Latchman had said that after she had considered all the facts presented to her, she was unable to conclude that Rodrigues had pulled the trigger of the weapon that had killed Crum-Ewing.
Crum-Ewing was gunned down as he was in the process of urging residents of Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara to cast their ballots in the May 2015 General Election.
Rodrigues was arrested and charged with the murder, but was freed in September 2016. However, in April 2017, he was rearrested after the Director of Public Prosecution had ordered that the case be reopened.