See below the full statement issued by the Guyana Police Force in response to a statement issued by the Hughes, Fields and Stoby law firm:
The Guyana Police Force (GPF) wishes to respond to a statement earlier today by Attorney-at-Law Nigel Hughes, in which he contends that Magistrate Judy Latchman, who is presiding in the ongoing court matter of the Police vs. Marlon DaSilva, for the murder of Kenesha Vaughn, had ordered that all the evidence that the prosecution intends to rely on must be provided to the court and the defence by the 12th May 2025.
In a statement on his personal Facebook page, Hughes said the Magistrate’s directions were communicated to the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) on the 30th of April 2025 by way of a letter from his firm, Hughes, Fields and Stoby.
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However, his erroneous contention is that after the directions of Magistrate Latchman, “the Guyana Police Force still had not provided Hughes Fields and Stoby with all of the evidence and sought to provide additional statements as late as the 26th June 2025, a date long after the date on which statements were ordered to be provided by the Magistrate”.
However, a Senior State Counsel at the DPP Chambers related to the police that a request was made by Hughes on the 30th of April, 2025, was complied with, and the requested documents were obtained by Hughes’ Law Office on the 9th of May, 2025, THREE days ahead of the date set by the Magistrate.
This fact is in stark contrast to the misleading contention by Nigel Hughes. Therefore, Hughes has blatantly attempted to mislead the public by stating that he sought additional statements as late as 26th June 2025.
In addition, reports are that just yesterday, one of Hughes’ associates contacted a police witness at the court and informed the rank that she would seek an adjournment since her senior was not going to be present in court.
The Guyana Police Force wishes to reiterate that, in the ongoing ‘trial’ of the Police vs. Marlon DaSilva, for the murder of Kenesha Vaughn, the matter is NOT being prosecuted by the Police.
In fact, Hughes applied to the Director of Public Prosecutions and was granted a Fiat to appear for the Prosecution. Therefore, Hughes and his associates have had sole conduct of the prosecution of this matter since the 17th day of March 2025.
The GPF will raise this issue with the DPP to have the Fiat revoked since the private prosecutor has clearly demonstrated an inability to successfully move the prosecution forward.
Finally, for the capital offence of murder, this state of affairs is unacceptable.
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