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PM’s Wife’s Driver And Security Guard Remanded For Murder
posted (September 1, 2015)
Up to last week, he was the personal security for the Prime Minister's wife - but tonight police Corporal Ryon Wagner is in jail, remanded for the murder of Nicaraguan Eduardo Manuel Perez Sanchez. The Corporal was arraigned in the Belmopan Magistrate's Court this morning. It's super rare for a police officer to be charged for murder - and super embarrassing when that police officer was one of only three officers handpicked to look after the security of the Prime Minister and his family. And if that weren't enough to cast shame on the department, there is the additional report that Wagner and another police officer - who has not been charged - went to the police station on Friday more or less broadcasting that one of them had killed a man. At that time, we are told, police did not take Wagner's gun.

And so all that may be why, police have been very guarded in their remarks about the case. Inspector Stephanie Grinage, the Deputy Commander of the Belmopan Police Station was brief with our colleagues from Plus TV in an interview this morning:

Insp. Stephanie Grinage - Deputy Commissioner, Belmopan Division
"Mr. Wagner who was charged for the murder, was taken to the Magistrate's court and he has since been remanded to the Hattieville prison."

Reporter
"No charges?"

Insp. Stephanie Grinage
"He was read the charge of murder."

Wagner was escorted from the Belmopan police holding cell to the be arraigned before the sitting magistrate who read him the single charge of murder. Due to the nature of the offence, he was not eligible for bail, and no plea was taken. He has been remanded into custody until November 2, when he will be brought back to court.

On Saturday morning, a resident of the area came upon Perez Sanchez's body in a feeder road 2 miles from the junction of the George Price Highway and Young Gial Road in Teakettle Village. Perez Sanchez, was a labourer employed by Santander Farms.

Wagner was Kim Barrow's personal security guard and driver.

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