An­na-Lisa Paul

Se­nior Re­porter

an­na-lisa.paul@guardian.co.tt

The po­lice con­sta­ble ac­cused of killing two peo­ple and in­jur­ing two oth­ers dur­ing an in­ci­dent at the Courts Mega­s­tore in SAn Juan on Sun­day, was ar­rest­ed by a team of of­fi­cers on Thurs­day night.

The team in­clud­ed per­son­nel from the Port-of-Spain Crim­i­nal In­ves­ti­ga­tions De­part­ment and the Pro­fes­sion­al Stan­dards Bu­reau.

Guardian Me­dia learned that the of­fi­cer, who is at­tached to the Wit­ness Pro­tec­tion Pro­gramme, was tak­en in­to cus­tody and will be ques­tioned on Fri­day be­fore in­ves­ti­ga­tors ap­proach the Di­rec­tor of Pub­lic Pros­e­cu­tions (DPP) for ad­vice.

A se­nior of­fi­cial con­firmed that state­ments had been record­ed from over ten wit­ness­es as part of the in­ves­ti­ga­tion thus far.

He said, “In­ves­ti­ga­tions are at a del­i­cate stage.”

While he was un­able to say where the of­fi­cer was be­ing held overnight, the of­fi­cial said no charges will be laid un­til the in­ves­ti­ga­tors con­sult with the DPP Roger Gas­pard to de­ter­mine “whether the thresh­old for pros­e­cu­tion had been reached, or if they would have to con­tin­ue with the in­ves­ti­ga­tions.”

In the De­cem­ber 20 fa­tal in­ci­dent, sib­lings Sime­on and Sini­aya Lessey were killed dur­ing an al­leged trans­ac­tion on the fur­ni­ture and ap­pli­ance gi­ant’s premis­es, while Ker­rey-Ann Moore and Nathan Pierre were in­jured.