Friendship man charged in murder of Rose Hall cop

The suspect in the July killing of Police Constable Outar Kissoon was yesterday brought before Acting Chief Magistrate Juliet Holder-Allen to answer to the indictable charge of murder.

James Gibson, 22, of Friendship, East Coast Demerara, was refused bail and has to appear at the Albion Magistrate's Court on November 19.

 

Gibson is alleged to have committed the offence on July 22 at Rose Hall, Corentyne, Berbice, during an armed raid on the Rose Hall Police Outpost.

Others who perished in that incident were Police Constable Ramphal Pardat, 52, and Balram Kandhi, 17, a delegate at the PPP Congress which had just concluded.