Prisoner found hanging in lock-ups at Rose Hall, Berbice

 

Berbice : The police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Ryan Singh of Campbell Street, Williamsburg, Corentyne, who was a prisoner in the lock-ups at the Rose Hall Police Outpost, and was found hanging in his cell at about 3:30pm today..

The police says that at about 11:30am, Ryan Singh was arrested by members of the Rose Hall Town Council following a report of larceny of a bicycle from a teenager earlier.  He was found in possession of the bicycle and was handed over to the police at the Rose Hall Police Outpost where he was taken into custody and placed in the lock-ups.

During a visit to the lock-ups by the police at 3:30pm, Ryan Singh, who was the only prisoner in the lock-ups, was found hanging from the inner grilled ceiling by his jersey, which he had stripped into pieces and joined together, and tied around his neck.