Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton today expressed skepticism over Top Cop Clifton Hicken’s assurance that the killing of Golden Grove youth, Quindon Bacchus will be properly investigated.

Bacchus was gunned down by a Special Branch rank last Friday in Haslington.

Acting Police Commissioner Clifton Hicken met with the family of the dead man on Monday and promised an impartial probe which will be conducted by the Police Complaints Authority.

Today, Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton who also met with relatives yesterday said over the last two years, the Force has promised impartial probes into similar killings but those investigations have fallen flat.

“It is a case of murder and should be investigated as a crime. The Commissioner of Police reassurance that it would be properly investigated must be taken with a pinch of salt. The same pronouncement was made when Isaiah Henry, Joel Henry and Haresh Singh were murdered, when Orin Boston was executed by ranks of the Guyana Police Force, the same pronouncement was made by the Guyana Police Force, to date we are nowhere close to justice for any one of them,” the Opposition Leader said.

Mr. Norton said it is worrying that the Guyana Police Force is not treating the incident as a crime since it is being investigated by the Police Complaints Authority.

“There must be a criminal investigation into this matter and the perpetrators of this crime must face the full force of the law,” Norton said, adding that the Force and the government should recognize that they are complicit in such crimes.

A post-mortem examination conducted yesterday on Bacchus confirmed that he was shot six times.

According to the dead man’s family, the post-mortem exam found that the young father was shot five times to the back and once to the chest.

All six rounds exited his body and from appearances, the single shot to his chest appeared to have been done at close range and might have been the final shot.

The results of the post-mortem examination will be forwarded to the Police Complaints Authority which has taken over the investigation of the shooting death.

The Police Officer who fired the deadly shots remains under close arrest and there are new questions about whether the deadly operation was indeed a Police Force sanctioned operation.

Related posts:

PCA recommends three Cops be charged over shooting death of Quindon Bacchus Protest erupts along East Coast over Police shooting death of Quindon Bacchus Policeman fingered in shooting death of Quindon Bacchus not released -says Police Force Police suspect in shooting death of Quindon Bacchus now under open arrest after High Court move