A police constable has been charged in relation to assaulting two men in Belmont District, Lawrence Tavern in St Andrew two years ago.
Constable Faybian Durrant was charged on Tuesday, as a result of an investigation by the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) and a ruling by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP).
In a statement, INDECOM said the incidents for which Durrant was allegedly implicated occurred on July 28, 2018.
The commission said in one matter, the cop was charged with unlawful wounding and assault occasioning actual bodily harm. He was further charged with illegal possession of firearm, assault at common law and assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
Former Education Minister and Senator Ruel Reid to stand trial for fraud. (Photo: JIS)
Chief Parish Judge Chester Crooks has ruled that the fraud case involving former Education Minister Ruel Reid and his co-accused is properly before the court and should proceed to trial in due course.
As a result of Crooks’ ruling in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court today, the matter was set for case management on July 27.
Hugh Wildman had previously argued before Crooks that the case against ex-Senator Reid and Fritz Pinnock, president of the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU), should be thrown out.
Wildman’s ground for the application was that his clients were arrested by officers of the Financial Investigations Division (FID), which, he argued, has no jurisdiction to do.
A Turks and Caicos Islands man was brought before the court yesterday on allegations that he assaulted a senior police officer at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston.
Mordochee Inelus was charged with assault occasioning grievous bodily harm after he allegedly punched Inspector Crosdale in the face leaving him visually impaired in one of his eyes during a scuffle.
He was also charged with unlawful wounding, assaulting a police officer, resisting arrest, being in a restricted area, illegal entry of an aircraft and disorderly conduct.
The accused and his mother were on a flight from England to the Turks and Caicos Islands that stopped in Jamaica when the incident occurred.
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Lionel Johnson, 47, lights a cigarette while sitting outside the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation temporary night shelter on Church Street. Deported from New York almost two decades ago, Johnson said he has no relatives here in Jamaica. He said he was shocked to hear about the brutal attacks on the homeless that left four dead and two injured.
The cold, haunting streets of Kingston were frozen with fear on Monday night as the capital’s nomads snuggled in corners or retreated to shelters in the aftermath of the grisly murders of four homeless men and the wounding of two others.