Prime suspect in Special Lance Corporal’s death still on the job

– as Force awaits legal advice on file

Almost four weeks after Special Lance Corporal Don Carlos-Alleyne was allegedly beaten to death by his superior officer, it was disclosed that the Sergeant was still on the job and was performing duties as per normal.
This was according to Crime Chief Lyndon Alves when asked to provide an update on the progress of the investigation. Alves further stated that the case has not yet received any legal advice, since after initially being sent for advice the file was returned to A Division (Georgetown-East Bank Demerara) Police for clarification on some aspects.
“The Sergeant as a member of the Force is still on the job until such advice is given on the way forward … That matter is still under investigation; that file was subsequently sent for legal advice and there are some points that have to be cleared up, so the file was sent back to A Division and we are awaiting those points to be cleared up,” Alves pointed out.
According to previous Police reports, 25-year-old Alleyne went to the Georgetown Public Hospital on May 4 about 14:52h after he reportedly complained of feeling unwell.
This was following an “incident” earlier in the day about 09:30h at the Special Constabulary Headquarters, Princes Street, the Police had said.
Guyana Times had reported that there had been an altercation between the now dead man and a Police Sergeant after the deceased reportedly complained to senior officers about the Sergeant’s inappropriate conduct on the work premises.
A post-mortem examination performed on Alleyne’s body later revealed that he died from brain haemorrhage and blunt trauma to the brain.
Meanwhile, sections of the media have since reported that family members of the deceased Lance Corporal are not satisfied with the way in which the investigation was being carried out, but more specifically, with the fact that they were not being provided with any updates on the matter.