Shooting outside extradition witness’s home: 2nd cop charged over leaked security video to US-sanctioned LOO

Police Constable Ashton Chappelle, who was named in High Court proceedings last week in connection with the alleged unauthorised downloading and transfer of police surveillance footage, has been charged under the Cybercrime Act.
Chappelle, called “Chappy”, 24, of Non Pariel, East Coast Demerara (ECD), was on Monday charged with obtaining and giving electronic data relating to the national security of the State, in contravention of Section 9(1)(b) and contrary to Section 9(2)(b) of the Cybercrime Act No. 16 of 2018. The charge stems from an alleged offence said to have occurred on October 24, 2026. Chappelle was arrested on Friday and charged on Monday.

He appeared at the Sparendaam Magistrates’ Courts before Magistrate Abigail Gibbs, where the charge was read to him. Bail was refused and he was remanded to prison. The case will continue on November 24. Chappelle’s name had surfaced during High Court proceedings last week involving United States (US) sanctioned and indicted Opposition Leader, Azruddin Mohamed and Police Constable Ryan Greene, who are facing a separate but related charge over the alleged unauthorised release of sensitive police surveillance footage. Attorney General (AG) Anil Nandlall, SC, disclosed during a habeas corpus application filed by Mohamed’s attorneys that Chappelle had been implicated in the investigation.
According to Nandlall’s disclosure, investigators alleged that Chappelle admitted to downloading surveillance recordings from the Guyana Police Force (GPF) Command Centre, transferring them to a flash drive and handing the device to Greene.
The recordings reportedly relate to the October 12 shooting incident outside the Kitty, Georgetown, residence of Senior Superintendent of Police Prem Narine, Head of the Special Branch Unit and a witness in the extradition proceedings involving Mohamed and his father, Nazar Mohamed.
Greene, 20, of Guyhoc Park, Georgetown, and Mohamed, 39, of Houston, Greater Georgetown, were previously charged and remanded with unauthorised granting of access to or giving of electronic data, contrary to Section 9 of the Cybercrime Act.
The prosecution alleges that Greene, who was attached to the Police Command Centre, obtained the surveillance recordings and supplied them to Mohamed in exchange for $800,000. The alleged transaction is said to have occurred on October 24. Both men appeared before Magistrate Gibbs at the Sparendaam Magistrates’ Courts on Friday and were denied bail. They were remanded to prison and the cases will continue on l November 24. During the bail hearing, Prosecutor King’s Counsel Darshan Ramdhani told the court that investigators were pursuing additional evidence, including communication records between Mohamed and Greene, and were attempting to locate Mohamed’s driver, Eugene Thorne.
Ramdhani also said the prosecution’s case was supported by statements from Greene and other police ranks, as well as video footage documenting the alleged extraction of data from the Police Command Centre. The prosecution maintained its objection to bail, citing the nature and seriousness of the allegations and ongoing investigations into other possible offences.
In relation to Mohamed, the court also considered several pending matters, including extradition proceedings and charges of unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition and attempting to obstruct the course of justice. He had previously been granted bail in those matters. The charges involving the surveillance footage stem from the wider investigation into the October 12 shooting outside Narine’s residence.
Mohamed, Thorne and videographer Mario Mohamed have already been charged with unlawful possession of a .32 Taurus pistol and three rounds of ammunition without valid licences, as well as attempting to obstruct the course of justice. They have pleaded not guilty and were each granted $750,000 bail. The Cybercrime Act charge against Chappelle is separate from the charge already filed against Mohamed and Greene, although the cases arise from the same investigation into the handling of the surveillance recordings.
Mohamed and his father, Nazar Mohamed, were sanctioned by the US Department of the Treasury in 2024 and are wanted in the US to face an 11-count indictment involving allegations of fraud, money laundering and other offences linked to an alleged gold-export scheme. They deny the allegations and are contesting their extradition proceedings at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.

Source: Guyana Times