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– accused spent 19 days in lockups with gunshot woundRelatives of Steve Weever are blaming police ranks for causing his death. The policeSteve Weeverreportedly kept him in the Brickdam Police Station lockups for over two weeks with a gunshot injury.His family is now calling for a thorough investigation into the circumstances surrounding his death.Weever,cheap nfl jerseys, of Grove Squatting Area,Authentic NFL Jerseys Wholesale China, East Bank Demerara, was shot in the thigh on January 28 last, after a Waterloo Street businessman allegedly caught him and another man, identified as 41-year-old Carlos Grant,Jerseys NFL Wholesale China, attempting to steal items from the man’s premises.Grant, of Charlotte Street, Georgetown,A.J. Morris Italy Jersey, was also shot in the thigh. He was jailed for 18 months for simple larceny after admitting to stealing from the businessman’s premises.The businessman alleged that he was forced to open fire after the intruders attacked him with cutlasses.Weever was admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) where he remained for a week.During an interview while at the hospital,wholesale jerseys, Weever had told Kaieteur News that his name was Steve Anthony and he had also denied being a thief. He had claimed that he had been “creasing” (looking) at his alleged accomplice,Jerseys NFL Wholesale China Online, since he suspected that the man was up to no good.The shot man also claimed that he had trailed Carlos Grant into the businessman’s yard but was himself held at gunpoint by the owner whom he “was trying to help.”Police confirmed that Weever was subsequently discharged and kept in the Brickdam Police Station lock-ups for 19 days.A source close to the investigation said that the prisoner was kept there while the police attempted to get a medical report from the GPHC.Relatives believe that the wound became infected while Weever was in the Brickdam lock-ups.The suspect was subsequently charged and remanded while he was still being treated for the gunshot injury. A senior prison official told Kaieteur News that Weever was kept in the infirmary.Weever’s sister,Authentic NFL Jerseys Wholesale, Fay Chase, said that during her many visits to the hospital she suspected that her brother’s wound was not healing.Chase told Kaieteur News that when family members turned up on Monday to witness her brother’s post mortem, the pathologist refused to examine the body because the family did not have her brother’s medical records.They were eventually able to locate Weever’s medical records and a post mortem is expected to be performed today. |
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