| – Eight others injured By Latoya Giles Former Commissioner of Police Henry Greene and 10-year- old Shaffiya Jamaluddin were killed at around 09:10 hrs yesterday following a three vehicle smash-up on the West Coast Demerara Public Road near Harlem, seven kilometers from Vreed-en-Hoop.Reports are that Greene, 58, was driving a white Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) PLL 7411 east along the West Demerara Public Road when he collided head-on with a car PJJ 4812, which was transporting six persons, including ten year old Shaffiya.He then crashed into the Bakewell Distribution truck GJJ 9067. The truck in turn slammed into the car that Greene struck. Greene and the young child reportedly died before receiving medical attention at the West Demerara Regional Hospital.The other injured were identified as Victor Persaud, who was employed as a driver with Bakewell; Shalim Ali- Mohamed and Dharmendra Prashadmisir who are porters with the company; Rahim Kaleem, 45; his wife, Zairoon Hussein; Reaz Kaleem, 18; Shaimoon Kaleem; and Fawaz Kaleem, 15.Kaieteur News was told that Zairoon Hussein sustained head and chest injuries and is still in an unconscious state. Fawaz Kaleem sustained facial and head injuries, Reaz Kaleem is nursing injuries to the head left eye while Rahim Kaleem suffered a broken leg and lacerations to his face.They were all treated at the West Demerara Hospital before being transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). Kaieteur News was told that Shaimoon Kaleem who is the mother of the dead 10-year-old, sustained a broken jaw and was in an unconscious state.At the scene yesterday morning none of the residents could say how the accident occurred. One shop owner, Savu Danchand, said that she was in her shop with her son when she heard a loud impact. Danchand said that her son rushed outside and saw the vehicles.Another neighbour told Kaieteur News that after the vehicles collided persons immediately rushed to render assistance.Greene and some of the other victims were momentarily pinned in their vehicles. The fire service and other police traffic ranks arrived shortly after at the scene and they assisted in getting the injured persons out of the twisted wreck that was once their vehicles. According to reports, the first ambulance that arrived were not equipped for first aid.Kaieteur News was told that after the injured persons were rushed to the hospital, the response by staff was overwhelming. This newspaper understands that about 20 Cuban-trained interns offered their services at the Accident and Emergency Unit.Greene was born on April 6,Cheap Jerseys USA, 1954,Wholesale Jerseys China, and received his early education at the Dolphin Government School and later Queen’s College. He joined the Guyana Police Force on February 15, 1974,NFL Jerseys Wholesale, and moved up the ranks. He first served in ‘E’ Division,NFL Jerseys China, as it was then, and worked at Wismar and Mackenzie Police stations until 1976. He was promoted to the rank of Corporal in November 1976. Two years later, was identified and appointed a Cadet Officer.He subsequently worked in several divisions,Cheap NFL Jerseys, serving at Police stations across the country. In 1986, he was posted to Headquarters as Head of the Research and Planning Unit until being appointed Commander of ‘C’ Division in 1990.Later that year he returned to Headquarters as Head of Staff and subsequently Assistant Commissioner ‘Operations’ in 1991.The following year, he was again made the Head of Staff and then moved to the Immigration Department in 1993 where he worked as the Deputy Chief Immigration Officer. The year 1994 saw him commanding ‘A’ Division and the following two years as Head of Research and Planning and Assistant Commissioner ‘Operations’, both for a second term, until 1997 when he was posted as Commander ‘A’ Division for another period.Greene returned to the University of Guyana in 1997 to pursue studies in law, and then moved on to the Hugh Wooding Law School. He was admitted to the Bar in Guyana in October, 2002. Henry Greene returned to Police Headquarters as Assistant Commissioner ‘Administration’ in 2002 until he was asked to head the Criminal Investigations Department in 2004, a position he held until 2006 when he was put in charge of the Force.But scandals marred his career. There were allegations of his involvement with drug cartels and of surrendering his independence to the government of the day.Greene was confirmed as Police Commissioner by then President Bharrat Jagdeo at the end of 2008. At the time of his appointment, Greene served as acting Police Commissioner for almost two and a half years. Greene took up the job when Winston Felix resigned in 2006.Foreign governments, especially the United States, tried to convince Jagdeo that Greene should not be appointed commissioner, owing to allegations that he was benefiting from the drug trade. Mr. Greene himself had vehemently denied those allegations.Jagdeo defied diplomatic pressure, and appointed Greene, saying later that the US had not brought forward the evidence. In what was a major embarrassment for Greene, the Police Force and the government, the US government revoked Greene’s visa. Without those scandals, Henry Greene’s story might have been phenomenal.The one scandal that drove him out of office was a nasty sex scandal which was never definitively settled. In December last year, a 34-year-old woman alleged that the Top Cop had raped her in a city hotel.Greene subsequently proceeded on leave to facilitate an investigation, which was conducted by a Jamaican team of detectives under the supervision of Crime Chief Seelall Persaud.Greene submitted a statement to investigators on January 13,Wholesale Soccer T-shirts, last, denying that he had unlawful sexual intercourse with the woman. The Director of Public Prosecutions recommended that Greene be charged with rape, but the Top Cop was successful in getting the High Court to block the charge.Opposition political parties and rights groups called for Greene to resign. Those calling for his resignation said that the very fact that Greene had admitted to having sex with a woman who came to him for help made him unfit to hold the office of Police Commissioner.Greene was eventually forced out of office, handing in what the government announced was a letter of retirement in April. |
