He was charged with stealing a cell phone from a Buyers Mart in Chaguanas, but if one is to believe his common law wife Gail Andrews, this story did not end there. Andrews appeared on this week’s Crimewatch show telling host Ian Alleyne that she believes that the man charged with that theft, with whom she once lived in a common law relationship, may be behind the theft of her silver Primera Wagon PBN 2388. Recounting the sequence of events, Andrews told Ian that the man called her recently and told her he wanted to see their child.
She said they met at the Trincity Mall, where her car was stolen. She believes that the man may have played a role in the robbery, telling Ian she believed that he plotted to get her to the mall and then got “some of his friends to steal the car while they were together.” But even though she had her suspicions, Andrews admitted she never confronted the man.
She, however, filed a report with the police on the theft of her vehicle from the mall car park. She said she believes investigating officers may have access to footage from the mall car park which could help solve the case. But there is another side to this story—Gail wanted to resume the relationship with her former common law husband. She told Ian, “I tried to make back several times with him. But things did not work out.”
However, she said it was during visits to his home that her suspicions that he may have been involved in the theft of her car became real, as she claimed, “I saw several things from the car in his house.” Andrews said after attempts to reconcile with the man failed he stopped calling her. That is, until Thursday morning, hours after she appeared on the Crimewatch programme. She claims that he called and threatened her, telling her, “When I finish with you, you would not be good for yourself.”
Andrews said it was not the first time that he had threatened her. She even had threatening texts from the man. Ian asked Andrews to make contact with Sergeant Swamber of the Stolen Vehicles Unit and yesterday she confirmed that he was assisting her in finding the vehicle. Ian assured her that if in fact her common law husband was involved in any way,“the police will deal with him.”
Also this week, Rajesh Rennie Ali, of Freeport, appeared on Crimewatch demanding answers on why the police had not yet returned his car, which they seized in September 2010. Ali told Ian that he had worked hard and saved the money to buy the white Lancer, license number PAF 7764, but the vehicle was seized by the police and to date the investigating officer couldn’t provide any answers as to why the vehicle is still with the police or why it was seized in the first place.
Ian has appealed to the investigating officer, Sergeant Bissoon, and acting Commissioner of Police Stephen Williams to assist. He said there are “too many cases involving the seizure of vehicles by police and owners have to wait upwards of two years to get their vehicles back.” Ian said, “If the police wants to win the trust of citizens then they must treat all citizens with respect.”