ACP Williams also had the first coherent explanation of why police have been moving so cautiously before bringing charges of rape against police officers at the Independence station.
Two women made a complaint that they were raped in the station months ago. But, Williams - who is personally leading the investigation - said there are inconsistencies in their statements:..
ACP Chester Williams
"In that investigation the two females concerned gave their account of what took place and after having given their account, I had the privilege of viewing the surveillance camera in the police station. And having viewed the surveillance camera in the police station, I observed a number of inconsistencies in their account of what transpired. Based on that I informed the commissioner that there will be a need to conduct further investigation to be able to ascertain if in fact the incident occurred. The commissioner agreed and so the investigation continued. The file was compiled and sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions for her directives and she had returned the file to me with certain directives and that was complied with and the file went back to her yesterday. We have new developments in the matter, I am not going to share what those developments are but we have critical, new development where that matter is concerned and so we will now await what her directives will be, having received the new information we now have where that matter is concerned."
We understand that there are also inconsistencies between the women's accounts and what was captured on the police station's security cameras.
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