Cops before court for demanding jail release money from man
ST ANDREW PARISH, Jamaica - THREE policemen who reportedly took a man into custody after he was freed by the court and demanded and accepted US$200 and $58,000 for his release are scheduled to return to the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on December 4, 2018.
Corporal Kevin Watson and constables Ricardo Thompson and Andre Thomas, who were assigned to the Denham Town Police Station, had their bails extended on Monday after their case was transferred to the Corruption Court for a trial date to be set.
The cops are charged with breaches of the Corruption Prevention Act.
According to allegations, in December 2015 the complainant was charged by cops from the Denham Town Police Station in relation to a shooting incident in Denham Town, and was taken before the court where he was granted bail.
In February this year he appeared in court and was freed, but while leaving the courthouse he was reportedly arrested by Corporal Watson, Constable Thomas and another cop and taken to the station where he was placed in custody.
While at the station, it is alleged that Corporal Watson solicited $200,000 from the complainant for his release.
The complainant reportedly contacted his girlfriend overseas and informed her of the situation and she allegedly sent $50,000 to his mother.
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