PM says arrest for Nigel Christian’s murder could be made in weeks
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As the one-year anniversary of the brutal murder of Customs Officer Nigel Christian draws nigh, the government is assuring concerned residents that significant progress has been made in the investigation.
Prime Minister Gaston Browne made this disclosure on Observer AM, yesterday, after many questions about the investigation were posted to the media company’s Facebook page.
“I can reassure the people of Antigua and Barbuda that we have made available all resources to bring the perpetrators to justice. I can assure the people, as well, that significant progress has been made, and I am sure that within a matter of maybe a week, a few weeks, that arrests will be made and those individuals concerned who were involved in the heinous act will obviously be brought to justice,” Browne announced.
Family members, lobby group resolute in their demands for justice for Nigel Christian
Photo by Shamoy Harding
Photos by Shamoy Harding
Christian is among nine people who were murdered this year. His uncle Tyrone Hill said things will not be the same without their loved one at home.
Hill, who took part in a picket yesterday with a lobby group that has been demanding justice for the Christian family for several months, told our newsroom that he has lost faith in the police and government officials.
“It is my feeling that the Prime Minister and the Attorney General have a lot to answer and I think they are looking in the wrong direction. The Police Commissioner is also sounding like a politician right now; he is sounding like them. I have lost a lot of faith in the system,” Hill said.