Gavin Douglas Laid to Rest as Casket Returns to Police Station Where He Died in Custody

The family and friends of Gavin Kennard Douglas on Sunday, November 8, laid the 32-year-old labourer to rest, with his casket taken to the Vreed-en-Hoop Police Station where he died while in police custody.

The emotionally charged stop at the station brought renewed attention to the circumstances surrounding Douglas’s death on October 31 and the questions that remain about how he sustained the injuries that proved fatal while detained in the lock-ups.

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Douglas, who lived at Crane Housing Scheme on the West Coast Demerara and Recht-Door-Zee, Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara, died at approximately 12:45 p.m. He had been arrested earlier that day in connection with an alleged armed robbery at New Road, Vreed-en-Hoop, on October 28.