LAE Metropolitan Commander Iven Lakatani is adamant that police did not shoot dead speeding female driver Moana Pesimi in Lae on January 1 despite newspaper and social media reports claiming so.
Chief Superintendent Lakatani said yesterday it was premature to conclude that police fired the fatal shot until all investigations were completed. Moana Pesimi, wife of R & Sons Construction managing director Thomas Pesimi, drove past two police stations at high speed and failed to stop when police tried to stop her on Busu Road, heading towards Bumayong. "She also had all the windows and doors of the vehicle closed and did not appear to heed all the warnings from the police,"Chief Supt Lakatani said. He refuted the claim that she was shot at point blank range, adding that if she was shot at point blank range, her head and face would have been smashed on impact of the bullets or cartridges. The Lae police chief also refuted claims made by the husband in the newspaper that his wife was driving home when she was chased and shot, leading to her death. "We must be mindful of fabricating facts because what has been written in The National newspaper was factually incorrect,"Mr Lakatani said. "It is a fact that she died due to a gunshot wound to the back of her head." Police witnesses at the scene said she sustained a gunshot wound to the back of her head to the right and died from heavy loss of blood. Mr Lakatani said police gave chase after she passed Lae Central station and tried to stop the vehicle along Busu Road as it headed towards Malahang but the driver did not heed the warnings to stop. "After speeding past two police stations and not stopping when police warned her, all thoughts were it was a stolen motor vehicle because it was driven at a very high speed and did not stop when warned to stop," he said. He said police would be investigating the shooting as normal police procedure and if any policemen or women are found to be at fault, they would be dealt with. PNG Facts/PC Comments are closed.
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