Timehri inmate killed during escape bid

A murder accused prisoner was shot and killed during a reported attempt to escape from the Timehri Prison yesterday afternoon. Acting Director of Prisons Gladwin Samuels confirmed that Winston Hinds, called “Town Man,” 26, of Lot 28 Blueberry Hill, Wismar, Linden, was fatally shot after ignoring requests by prison officers for him to halt during an escape bid. Hinds was shot once to his abdomen and was taken to the Diamond Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival. Stabroek News was told that the prisoner’s alleged attempt to escape followed a brawl among inmates in the prison dormitory around 5 pm yesterday. As a result, prison officers intervened to break up the fight when Hinds, who was allegedly armed with an improvised weapon like those inmates involved in the brawl, ran out into the yard and tried to escape.