Five Police Ranks Charged with Murder of Gavin Douglas, Remanded to Prison
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November 7, 2026
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Five members of the Guyana Police Force were formally charged with the murder of 32-year-old Gavin Kennard Douglas on Friday, November 6, six days after he died while in police custody at the Vreed-en-Hoop Police Station lock-ups.
The officers, identified as Sergeant Tiansay Thomas, Corporal Wencill Marshall, Joel Newsom, Bevis Lyle and Ariff Haniff, appeared before Chief Magistrate Judy Latchman at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, where the murder charge was read to them. They were not required to plead to the indictable offence and were remanded to prison.
The matter is scheduled to return to the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrates’ Court on November 17.
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