Woman Fined $20,000 For Attempting To Bribe A Policeman
A woman (Shelly Graham of Lucky Valley, St. Catherine) who tried to bribe a policeman, was fined $20,000 or three months’ hard labour, when she appeared in the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate’s Court yesterday. According to reports, in June 2009, Graham went to the Spanish Town Police Station where her husband Kevin was being held. [...]
Corrupt Policeman Loses Appeal; To Serve 1-Year Prison Sentence
A policeman (34 year old Lowell Forbes) who accepted a bribe of $10,000 to release a motor car which he had seized, has lost his appeal against his conviction and 1 year prison sentence. Forbes was a constable with six years’ service in the police force, when he was held in a sting operation in [...]
Two Policemen Freed Of Corruption Charges
Two Special Constables who were accused of accepting a bribe from a motorist, were freed when they appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court yesterday. Special Constables Dwayne Stewart and Dwight McCarthy had been charged with breaching the Corruption Prevention Act. It was alleged that at about 11 p.m. on June 4, 2004, a [...]
District Constable Charged With Corruption
A district constable, 47-year-old Alton Bennett, has been charged with seven counts of breaching the Corruption Prevention Act, after being accused of signing an accused man’s bail book in advance (i.e. without him visiting the police station as he is supposed to by law). According to police reports, a man who was facing the court [...]
Las May Cartoon – Attempted Bribery
Today’s Las May cartoon in the Jamaica Gleaner newspaper, puts a funny spin on an attempted bribery that’s deemed to be ‘too cheap’ (and thus an insult) to the policeman.