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Aug 24, 2016 Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News
Allegations of police brutality were raised by Alvin Reid also known as ‘Satan’ before he was remanded
to prison yesterday, charged with the murder of 14-year-old Malika Hamilton, whom he had reportedly accompanied to swim at Hope Canal, East Coast Demerara, on August 8.
Reid, 29, of Nimrod Street, Ann’s Grove, East Coast Demerara, was found by police last Thursday, hiding in a barrel at a relative’s house near the cemetery at Ann’s Grove.
He was not required to plead to the indictable charge read to him by Magistrate Zamilla Ally-Seepaul in the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court.
The unrepresented accused stood quietly in the courtroom as the allegation was being read to him. However, he interrupted the court while Police Prosecutor David Goodridge was reading the facts of the matter. When given a chance to speak, Reid alleged that he was beaten by several detectives attached to the Turkeyen and Cove and John Police Stations. He claimed that ranks placed a black bag over his head and demanded him to say things he knew nothing about. The accused also pointed out several visible scars that were on his neck and told the Magistrate he received them as a result of the beating he had to endure.
Reid’s allegations against the police were recorded by the Magistrate.
Prosecutor Goodridge told the court that Reid and the deceased were known to each other. He said that on the August 8, Hamilton left her home in the company of the accused to go and swim in the canal.
According to Goodridge, Hamilton failed to return home the same day. He said that the following day (August 9), Hamilton’s body was seen floating in the Hope Canal. He stated that the girl’s body was retrieved
and transported to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) where she was pronounced dead.
Prosecutor Goodridge indicated that investigations into the matter were completed and that he was ready to proceed with a preliminary inquiry.
Magistrate Ally-Seepaul remanded Reid to prison until September 28 and transferred the matter to the Cove and John Magistrate’s Court.
According to reports, the Ann’s Grove teen left her home to go and swim with the accused and a young boy. It was suspected that Hamilton had drowned. This was confirmed by a post mortem (PM) examination which showed that she died from asphyxiation due to drowning. However, the PM also revealed injuries to the throat, indicating that someone had choked her.
When news of the teen’s death broke, Reid had reportedly disappeared from the village, raising suspicions of his involvement.
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