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Two men who are on bail in connection with a high-profile murder which occurred in 2016, are assisting police with investigations into the shooting death of Acting Station Sergeant Newton Lewis. Police sources confirmed that the two, along with another man, were in custody and charges were imminent. The two men were arrested in 2016 with two others, for the execution-style shooting of another man, which was caught on camera …
Officer laid to rest with full military honours
Article by June 9, 2021
Led by the country’s Head of State, a nation today bade farewell to a police officer in a solemn and dignified funeral service also attended by the Prime Minister and senior Cabinet ministers, the senior ranks of the police force and scores of family and neighbours of a close-knit St Peter community.
It was the final farewell for acting Station Sergeant Newton Carmichael Lewis. His parents Alincia Lewis and Anthony Lewis; his wife Kathy, children and other close family watched as his colleague mourners bore his remains to the graveside.
Police are asking the public to bear with them as they mourn the loss of one of their own. The call has come from head of the Barbados Police Association, Mervin Grace, who said some officers were receiving counselling following last Saturday’s shooting death of Acting Station Sergeant Newton Lewis. “I have already made calls to the administration to have some counselling for a number of members. When we communicate …