Georgetown: A 26-year-old robbery suspect has allegedly confessed to starting the fire that completely destroyed the Brickdam Police Station on Saturday.
Police said that Clarence Greene of Princes Street, Lodge, Georgetown told investigators during his confession on video that he was frustrated after being in the lockups for a couple of hours and so he set fire to the station.
During his alleged confession, Greene told investigators that he tore a piece of mattress from the cell, hooked it on a piece of wire, lit it with a cigarette lighter and pushed it through a ventilation hole in the cell at Brickdam.
After the century old buildings in the station compound caught fire, Greene and other prisoners were relocated to the Sparendaam Police Station. While at Sparendaam, Greene was placed in a cell with two other prisoners, who told investigators that Greene first confessed to them that he was behind the huge fire which destroyed Police Station.
Investigations are ongoing.
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