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21-year-old constable Okaro Bennett, who is attached to the Narcotics Division, and who had reportedly accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend while ‘playing’ last month, is to be charged with her murder. The Director of public prosecutions (DPP) has ruled that he be charged with the murder of 29-year-old Jacqueline Johnson. Bennett had told investigators [...]

Head of the Anti-Corruption Branch, Assistant Commissioner Justin Felice, announced yesterday, at a press conference at Eden Gardens in Kingston, that a working group has been set up that will assist the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to clear the backlog of police cases that are currently awaiting rulings. Included in the [...]

Constable Rohan Allen, the policeman who was acquitted in the highly publicized Janice Allen case, will not face another trial. Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn ruled yesterday the Crown would not be in a position to establish a case against him. The DPP gave very detailed reasons and recommendations, saying that the Crown [...]

Twenty-three-year-old Courtney Grayson, the man who created a stir recently when he was reportedly caught pretending to be a policeman for at least six months, was freed of charges of impersonating a police officer and unlawful possession of property when he appeared in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate’s Court yesterday. Director of Public Prosecutions Paula [...]

Just last month, Assistant Business Editor at the Jamaica Observer newspaper – Mr. Julian Richardson – reported that two policemen threatened to kill him, this after he refused to buy them refreshments in exchange for dropping the charges for a traffic offense which they were alleging he was guilty of. Now, the Director of Public [...]