The Tribune

By LAMECH JOHNSON

Tribune Staff Reporter

ljohnson@tribunemedia.net

A POLICEMAN has been charged in connection with the beating of a detainee, two weeks after a picture of the victim’s injuries were posted on Facebook during the Easter holidays.

However, Corporal Trevor Cox denied “causing harm” to Carrington Dean on March 28, Holy Thursday, when he was arraigned before Magistrate Carolyn Vogt-Evans of Court No 6, Nassau and South Streets.

Cox, who has not been dismissed from the force, was granted $3,000 bail with two sureties and told that his trial will start on April 26.

It is claimed that Cox, on the day in question, caused unlawful harm to Dean while he was at the Grove Police Station.

The alleged incident came to light on social media when a photograph of Dean’s bruised buttocks were posted on Rodney Moncur’s Facebook.

Commissioner of Police Ellison Greenslade said that the person responsible would be charged.

The corporal, however, in front of many of his police colleagues who filled the courtroom, pleaded not guilty to the charge of “causing harm”.

There was no objection to bail by the police prosecutor as the accused has no police record.

He returns to Magistrate’s Court on April 26 when the case is expected to starT.

He is represented by Mary Charlton, an associate of Ian Cargill and Co.