Attorney General Anil Nandlall has frowned on the request by Adriana Younge’s family for another forensic procedure to be done on her body, saying that information available to him is that another procedure would be of little or no value.

The Medical Council of Guyana is still seeking further information on Trinidadian pathologist Dr.Hubert Daisley, who the family has identified to conduct the autopsy for a second opinion. The Trinidadian pathologist has conducted various autopsies in Guyana before.

On his “Issues in the News” programme last evening, the Attorney General questioned the true reason behind an additional post-mortem examination, when the first one was conducted by three independent foreign pathologists.

“Whether another post-mortem or forensic procedure would produce anything of value would be a matter for those who are pursuing that course of action, my information is that it will be of very little or no value,” the Attorney General noted.

Nandlall said with no certain burial date announced for Adriana, the tragedy remains unfortunate.  

The Attorney General also poured cold water to on the family’s request to have the FBI, Scotland Yard or Royal Canadian police to conduct the investigation. Instead he said the Guyana Police Force is the authorized body to conduct the investigation. The Government has secured the services of a Canadian Homicide investigator to assist the local police.

“The Guyana Police Force is the lawful authorized agency to conduct investigations in Guyana. If it is that every time persons are affected by a death or a death assumes the type of attention that this one has assumed the government has to import law enforcement agencies, what will that do to the morale of the Guyana Police Force,?” Mr. Nandlall questioned. He continued…  “But even more importantly, every family would then think that they are entitled to an investigation from a law enforcement agency other than the Guyana Police Force,” Mr. Nandlall stressed.

The Canadian investigator is already in Guyana and has been meeting with the local investigators.

Nandlall said the Government has to make decisions that do not set precedence because the public good has to be taken into account.

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