| A West La Penitence resident is at present lying at the Alberttown Police Station recovering from a brutal beating allegedly at the hands of ranks of the Guyana Defence Force.Troy Small, called ‘Cats’, was reportedly dragged along the road while partially sitting in a car by the ranks who at the time detained him as a suspect in the arson connected with last Friday morning’s fire at the Ministry of Health headquarters on Brickdam.But Small’s relatives insist that he was at home in bed when the conflagration at the Health Ministry broke out.A cousin also said that the detained man suffers from occasional seizures.Senior police officials declined to confirm that the man was in custody when Kaieteur News enquired yesterday.But this newspaper observed Small lying on a bench at the Alberttown Police Station for most of yesterday.Reports reaching this newspaper stated that Small, who builds tombs for a living,Andrew Desjardins Jersey, was picked up by persons who claimed to be ranks of the army intelligence unit, on Mandela Avenue, in the wee hours of Monday morning.He was reportedly driven around and subsequently taken to an unknown destination where he was beaten about his body while being asked several questions about the Ministry fire.A cousin claimed that one of Small’s ankles was broken during his ordeal.According to a source,cheap nfl jerseys china, the man was then taken to the headquarters of the Criminal Investigations Department, Eve Leary,Cheap Jerseys From China, where he was handed over to the police.The source said that Small was subsequently taken to the Brickdam Police Station lock-ups but authorities there refused to accept him.Small was later deposited at the Alberttown Police Station where he remained up to yesterday.“He can’t walk and he crying out for pain in his stomach,” a close associate told Kaieteur News.When this newspaper visited the Alberttown Police Station yesterday, Small was observed lying on a bench with heavily bandaged feet and hands.“I thought it was only police used to beat people so,” Small’s associate said.A female relative told Kaieteur News that Small and a friend were walking in West La Penitence shortly after midnight on Monday when a group of men in a car stopped them. Kaieteur News understands that at least one of the occupants was identified as a member of the GDF.According to the relative,Dwight Howard Hawks Jersey, the men in the vehicle enquired from Small and his friend where they could get ‘weed’ to purchase.They reportedly then gave Small’s friend $1,000, ostensibly to make the purchase.However, it is alleged that when he was some distance away, he heard Small shouting, and then observed the men dragging Small into their vehicle.The car reportedly drove off with part of Small’s body still dangling outside.The relative said that later that day, she received a call from someone who informed her that ‘Cats’ was at the Georgetown Public Hospital.When she arrived there, ‘Cats’ was being treated at the hospital’s Accident and Emergency Unit. One of his ankles was reportedly broken and the soles of his feet were “grazed away.”A nurse reportedly told the cousin to return the next day. However, when another cousin of Small’s returned to the institution yesterday,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, he was not there.They subsequently learnt that Small was being detained at the Alberttown Police Station.However,Cheap Jerseys From China, the cousin claimed that ranks at the station stated that they would have to speak with officials at Police Headquarters to have Small released.Late last night, a relative of Small informed this newspaper that she was told that her cousin would be taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital for medical attention before he is released. |
