Our murder count is 91 - the most recent being in a sudden death on December 23rd that a post mortem found to be manual strangulation with blunt force trauma. The commissioner told us today he didn't know about that one.
But when it comes to charges, the compol pushed back against criticism made on this station that at least two cases ruled as manslaughter could be murder: Belhem Guzman and Matthew Moses.
The Compol strongly denied the allegations that he has any influence as to whether a murder charge is downgraded to manslaughter.
Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police
"It is not the commissioner of police who determined if a person gets charged for murder or manslaughter the criminal code is clear where a person raises self defense in any matter of a fatality the file must go to the DPP for advice and the police act on the advice of the DPP. So for anyone to say that the commissioner is pushing murder to be manslaughter that is high class stupidity and you shouldn't tolerate it."
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