10 Police Officers Recommended Retired In The Public Interest
Further to the on-going investigation of the involvement of 18 policemen from the Mount Salem police station in the Montego Bay fake cop / lottery scam matter, based on a report by Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn, Commissioner of Police Hardley Lewin has recommended that 10 of the 18 police officers be retired [...]
Janice Allen Case – No Retrial For Acquitted Policeman
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 [...]
Nolle Prosequi – Fake Policeman Freed
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 [...]
Policemen Threaten Journalist Follow Up – DPP Recommends Departmental Action
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 [...]