Despite the issuance of arrest warrants, three men charged with unlawful wounding and property damage continue to roam the streets freely.
After enduring years of harassment and violence, West Bank Demerara resident Ronadai Rasheed is finally speaking out against a 15-member gang terrorising her community in Belle West.
Rasheed, a former village councillor, has lived in constant anxiety since the gang began targeting her family in September 2022. She decided to resign from her position, believing it was the catalyst for the gang’s aggression.
“All ah we was inside and they just keep pelting and pelting. Bottle and stones… All the windows at the front with a glass door… it ain’t got, it’s just frame. All the glass break up,” she recalled during a recent interview with the News Room.
The attacks escalated, with one incident leaving her son injured. Desperate for a resolution, Rasheed reported the assaults to the police, only to be met with indifference.
“Whenever these boys pick trouble with we and we go to the station, they will take a report… but it just leave like that. Wales police don’t do nothing about it,” she lamented.
Progress only came after the intervention of the Police Commander of Region Three. On August 30, 2022 three men — Tyrese Welcome, Jason Solomon, and Devindra Lallbeharry — were apprehended and charged with unlawful wounding and damage to property.
However, the legal proceedings dragged on for more than two years, with the accused frequently absent from court.
When the sentences were finally handed down, Rasheed found the men absent once again, leading to the issuance of arrest warrants.
Yet, despite this legal action, Rasheed claims the men continue to roam the streets without consequence.
“From since the 30th (August), it took me like two and a half weeks before I could have speak to the Sergeant of Wales Police station,” she said, expressing her frustration over the lack of communication and action.
Despite assurances that the warrants would be acted upon, Rasheed reports ongoing delays and a lack of accountability. “The same thing I been hearing all the time, nobody know nothing about the warrant,” she said, her voice heavy with exasperation.
Rasheed believes there is a clear protective barrier around the gang members and is urging higher authorities to take action.
“Something got to be done… The higher authority should step in and see what really going on at Wales Police station. I can’t understand what really going on… These boys doing the crime and them and the Police seems to be friends. We can’t go to the station for no justice,” she asserted.
As she continues to fight for safety and justice, Rasheed hopes her story will shine a light on the issues plaguing her community and prompt those in power to intervene. The silence of the authorities, she insists, cannot go on any longer.
These are the APNU/AFC thugs doing what they know to do best its who they are its in dem DNA. Where is the ERC assholes why are they silent ? These scavengers victims are predominantly Indians ( 98%).