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Jun 25, 2010 News
Death row inmate Noel Thomas, incarcerated for over two decades, is said to be on hunger strike. Kaieteur News understands that Thomas, who suffers for hemorrhoids, has been refusing meals since Saturday, reportedly because prison officials are ignoring his requests to be placed on a special diet.
Sources said that he is at present too weak to move.
Insiders alleged that the now 50-year-old Thomas was seen by a prison medic, and has been requesting to see the Director of Prisons (who is at present overseas) and welfare officials.
Thomas, along with Abdool Saleem Yassin, was sentenced to death over two decades ago for murdering Yassin’s younger brother, Abdool Kaleem Yassin, who was shot dead in 1987 at his Riverstown, Essequibo home.
Thomas is said to have been paid $100 in advance to commit the crime.
His alleged accomplice, Abdool Saleem Yassin, has since succumbed to tuberculosis.
Thomas’ relatives have written to President Bharrat Jagdeo appealing for his release.
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