Concerned teacher and form master of 10-year-old Christopher Owen Bernard, a grade six student of St Paul’s Primary School who was found hanging, is calling on the Ministry of Human Services to intervene and offer counseling to the two children who discovered the body, and his classmates.Ten-year-old Christopher Owen Bernard was found hanging from the ceiling on December 5, 2010 at his home at 65 South Better Hope, East Coast Demerara residence.Rodwell LewisAccording to the teacher,
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