BTC building.
A juvenile who was arrested and questioned in connection with a recent shooting on Chaussee Road, Castries, and placed on remand at the Boys Training Centre (BTC), has been removed from the institution.
Sources have confirmed that the 15-year-old male teenager was taken to the Bordelais Correctional Facility this morning by police officials.
Since his removal, workers there have returned to work and expressed some level of relief that he will no longer be housed at the centre.
These workers staged a walk-out yesterday (May 12) after the teen was returned to the BTC for a second time.
The court had ordered he be placed at the BTC, given that he is just 15 years old. But workers were not pleased with that decision, especially since he made several threats to injure them. And this despite the fact that special police constables were there to guard him on a 24-hour basis.
The workers deems him “very dangerous.” The teenager has been at the BTC for over five years. He has also escaped several times and is known to allegedly carry weapons and illicit drugs.
He is being held for questioning with regards to the shooting death of James Alexander Nelson, 43, of Calvary Road, Castries.
He is expected to face additional charges in connection with that same incident.