00:00Old man is to be charged with the murder of police constable Krishna Banahar who was killed in the line of duty on November 6th
00:07Meantime minister in charge of policing Keith Scotland is advising PC Banahar's family that compensation is available
00:14Vanessa cutting reports
00:17Six days after he was killed and three days after he was laid to rest
00:21PC Banahar's family is one step closer to securing justice for his death
00:26Homicide South
00:28investigators had an audience with the director of public prosecution
00:31Where they received instructions to charge a 35-year-old male suspect of the guapo district for the murder of police constable
00:40Krishna Banahar who was shot and killed on a police
00:45operation in the guapo district on Wednesday the 6th of November
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00:52The suspect is also facing charges for possession of a firearm and ammunition
00:57Banahar who was 25 years old have been employed with the police service for four years
01:02When he was fatally shot during a police exercise in guapo during which a suspect was also killed
01:09Minister with responsibility for policing Keith Scotland wants the Banahar family to know that while nothing could replace his life
01:18Compensation is available
01:20Although it may not be in the amount of 1 million dollars
01:23I am not aware what came of that policy, but I am aware and I can state categorically
01:30that the Protective Services
01:33Compensation Board is
01:35operational and
01:37the estate of the deceased officer is advised to
01:43Certainly inquire into that and it is situated at the
01:50third floor
01:52Temple Court Ministry of National Security on Abercrombie Street Portispeak
01:58Minister Scotland describes the compensation process as seamless but notes that it is a time-sensitive issue
02:05The application is made
02:07It is good be before the board I think which sits either on a Tuesday or Thursday and
02:15the
02:16certainly
02:18Compensation is awarded
02:21According to the nature of what transpired and it is really a seamless process
02:28But I also think that time is of the essence in that you must make the claim in a timely fashion
02:35I I would hope that within three months that claim ought to be made
02:40Minister Scotland also confirms that compensation is available to officers who are injured in the line of duty
02:47Vanessa cutting TV 6 News
02:51News just in police have charged 35 year old
02:55One's a Kibwe Joseph from Gonzales village Guapo for the murder of PC Krishna Banahar
03:01Earlier today after instructions were handed down by the DPP Roger Gaspard
03:05Joseph is also charged with possession of a firearm and ammunition
03:09The shooting death of the other man who is Joseph's relative is still engaging the attention of the DPP
03:17Woman police constable Kiana Mahabir has been discharged from hospital
03:21Police say the 30-year-old officers recovering well and is now surrounded by family and loved ones
03:27WPC Mahabir was shot in the head and chest on October 22nd outside her home on Hydraulic Road in Kearney
03:35Mahabir was part of an all-female contingent
03:38Representing the Trinidad and Tobago police to respond in the Bahamas and the US and had just returned to the country when the incident occurred
03:46police believe they may have
03:48Identified the suspect in the incident as other robberies in the Central Division had suspects matching the descriptions given in Mahabir's shooting
03:56Police say arrests are imminent
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