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Police Complaints Authority director David West says the investigation into the fatal shooting of Beetham resident Ornella Greaves on June 30, 2020, was still ongoing. The PCA began its investigation on July 2.
Greaves, 30, was shot during a confrontation between police and protesters at Beetham Gardens. She was part of the protests that followed the police shooting of Joel Jacob, Israel Clinton and Noel Diamond in Morvant on June 27. She was later found to be pregnant. The PCA investigates all police-involved shootings and this particular investigation is ongoing, West told Newsday in a Whatsapp statement on Tuesday.
West was responding to a statement by National Security Minister Stuart Young in the Senate on Tuesday. Young was answering Senator Wade Mark, who had asked for an update into the investigation by the police and the PCA into Greaves’ death.
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‘[…] Morris who was seated on a chair, fell over…’ What TTPS said, then and now, about death of murder suspect
The Trinidad and Tobago police service (TTPS) today issued a statement that they would be investigating the deaths of two suspects, Andrew Morris and Joel Belcon, while in police custody. The two men were held in connection with the kidnapping and death of 23-year-old Andrea Bharatt, whose body was found on 4 February in the Heights of Aripo.
Capital punishment is not a deterrent, it cannot be, because there hasn’t been an execution for over 20 years, something that you do not use cannot be a deterrent. Also when it was used it was only used for murderers, murder is often the final act in a criminals career after having worked their way up eg from small thief, burglar, rapist, gang member and then murder. We need to be willing to act before the criminal can become a murderer. Give them their fair trial but after they are declared guilty in finality execute the traffickers, gang members, violent robbers, rapists, pedophiles, fraudsters, corrupt officials and of course the murderers too. You see we wouldn’t even have to execute every single one of these criminals and the horrible detection rate makes that impossible anyway, but if only they saw that some were executed it would have a massive effect on them. TT is a small country, everybody knows everybody somehow, chances are the poor soul standing before the hangman is
PCA investigate death of Andrea murder suspects, TTPS court absences and DSS arrest
The following press statement was issued by the Police Complaints Authority (PCA):
The Police Complaints Authority (PCA) has initiated investigations into three recent and serious allegations against the Trinidad and Tobago Police.
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1. An investigation has begun into the circumstances surrounding the deaths, of Andrew Morris and Joel Belcon on the 1st and 8th February 2021 respectively. Both Morris and Belcon had been in police custody for questioning in regard to the kidnapping of Andrea Bharatt, aged 23, on 29 January 2021 and her subsequent death.
2. An investigation has been initiated into reports of the alleged failure by members of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) to prosecute; tender evidence and attend court hearing matters.