Five police officers assigned to the Northern Division pleaded not guilty yesterday when they appeared in court charged with offences arising out of an incident in which three men were armed with guns at Sucrier Boulevard in Maloney on August 10.
Four of the officers were charged with beating one of their colleagues, PC Kevon Mc Donald while the fifth, a corporal, was charged with misbehaviour in public office. Constables Aaron McCleod, Sherwin Nicholson, Kynan Leela and Nyvil Francis are accused of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and using obscene language against Mc Donald.
Corporal Edward Quashie was charged with misbehaviour in public office by making a false entry in the police station diary. Quashie was granted $10,000 bail while the other accused lawmen were each placed on their own bail in the sum of $2,000. They appeared before Magistrate Brambhanan Dubay in the Arima court.
