Missing jewels of crash victims Cop on departmental charge Stabroek News March 17, 2000 A policewoman, to whom the jewels of the March 6, Mon Repos accident victims were allegedly handed, has been charged departmentally by the police. Police Public Relations Officer, Senior Superintendent Ivelaw Whittaker, told Stabroek News yesterday that the policewoman, attached to the Beterverwagting Police Station, has pleaded not guilty to the charge but the case has been handed over to the Director of Public Prosecutions for advice. Whittaker said it was expected that the policewoman, who was still on the job, would be criminally charged. Twelve people died as a result of the accident. And their relatives had claimed that they had not received the jewels which the victims had been wearing. Mon Repos businessman Motiram Ram popularly known as 'Sham' told Stabroek News on Saturday that he was personally responsible for handing over a number of jewels and other items to the police after the victims had been removed from the scene. The jewellery included two pairs of gold bands, eight finger rings--one with a red stone which is believed to be a birth stone, two unmatched gold earrings, two silver chains, a pair of silver earrings and a silver band. Ram, who is joint owner of Bibi and Sham's Butchery, had said that he was surprised when he learnt through the media that the relatives of the accident victims had not received the jewels.