Jamaican Police.Com » police charges http://www.jamaicanpolice.com The Jamaica Police Watchdog Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:11:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Policeman Freed On One Charge, Still Jailed For Another http://www.jamaicanpolice.com/2008/10/policeman-freed-on-one-charge-still-jailed-for-another/ http://www.jamaicanpolice.com/2008/10/policeman-freed-on-one-charge-still-jailed-for-another/#comments Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:58:14 +0000 news http://www.jamaicanpolice.com/?p=97 Constable Newton Bentley, 48, who is attached to the Mobile Reserve, Harman Barracks, was freed yesterday in the Home Circuit Court of carnal abuse and indecent assault charges. He will however remain behind bars until a charge of attempting to pervert the course of justice has been disposed of.

It was a jury trial, and they retired for an hour before finding him not guilty of the charges.

It was alleged that sometime in 2004, the policeman sexually assaulted a 12-year-old girl. The girl, who is now 16 years, had testified during the trial, relating her ordeal to the jury. When cross-examined by the policeman’s defence lawyer however, the girl admitted that on several occasions she had told lies. She said though, that she was speaking the truth in relation to this incident.

Bentley, in his defence, said he was innocent of the charges. The charge of attempting to pervert the course of justice arose when it was alleged that he took the girl to another parish in an effort to prevent her from attending court.

]]> http://www.jamaicanpolice.com/2008/10/policeman-freed-on-one-charge-still-jailed-for-another/feed/ 1 Policeman Facing Multiple Assault Charges http://www.jamaicanpolice.com/2008/10/policeman-facing-multiple-assault-charges/ http://www.jamaicanpolice.com/2008/10/policeman-facing-multiple-assault-charges/#comments Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:42:30 +0000 news http://www.jamaicanpolice.com/?p=81 A 29-year-old policeman (whose name is being withheld – pending an identification parade in relation to a charge of perverting the course of justice) was arrested recently, after the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) ruled that he be charged with indecent assault, carnal abuse and perverting the course of justice, in connection with the sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl.

Meanwhile, the girl who is the complainant in this case against the policeman, was abducted from her gate in Harbour View, Kingston last week Friday night. She was reportedly standing at her gate, when a white Toyota Hiace bus, with three armed men on-board, drove up. One of the men, reportedly ordered the girl into the vehicle and taken away. She has not been seen or heard from since.

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