GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Monday June 20, 2011 – A 16-year-old Guyanese boy whose genitals were burned by police who were questioning him in connection with murder back in 2009, has been awarded GUY$6.5 million (US$31,909).
The attorney acting on Twyon Thomas’ behalf had sued the Attorney General, the Commissioner of Police, and the two officers who tortured the then 14-year-old – Sergeant Narine Lall and Constable Mohanram Dulai – for at least GUY$25 million (US$122,729) in compensation. But even though Justice Roxanne George found that the teenager’s fundamental rights were violated and described his treatment as “degrading, humiliating and debasing”, she ordered the payment of a smaller amount.
