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Oct 10, 2013 News
Just 72 hours after a Sparendaam man was shot dead by a man who still remains on the run from the police, the victim’s mother is saying that she told police at a community meeting that her son was being targeted by a group of young men.
Residents of the East Coast Demerara villages of Plaisance and Sparendaam on August 28 got a change after a very long time to speak candidly about issues which they say are hampering their co-existence with ranks of the Sparendaam Police Station.
At that the meeting which was held at the Plaisance Community High School, Karen Hamilton, the mother of the now deceased 22 year-old Michael Hamilton raised the issue of her son being constantly targeted by a group of men .
Hamilton told Kaieteur News on Tuesday that after her complaint was made, ranks from the Sparendaam Police station escorted her to the home and carried out a search in the area for the alleged suspects.
However according to Hamilton, the officers left the area empty handed.
At the community meeting last August, there was a collective outcry from residents about police involvement in crime in the community.
They claim that the attitudes of the police towards citizens, especially young residents, are major hindrances towards an amicable relationship between the two sides.
Residents on that occasion believed that their community was no longer safe.
The new Officer-in-Charge, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Ms. Cristal Robertson saw the need to have constructive discourse between the police and the community to breakdown old barriers and build bridges of cooperation.
When ASP Robertson was contacted yesterday by this publication, she confirmed that Hamilton did bring to the attention of the police that her son was targeted by gangs of the community.
Robertson however refuted the claim that the grieving mother made constant reports to the station.
Michael Hamilton, of 128 Sparendaam Housing Scheme, was on Monday evening shot in the chest by a 25-year-old man known only as ‘Oswald,’ who has reportedly gone into hiding.
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