Policewomen get bail

Acting ASP Jurneal Alexis, Sgt Natasha Morrison and Cpl Nicole Andrews appeared before Fifth Court Magistrate Aden Stroude.

Attorney Fareed Ali, who appeared for Alexis and Morrison, the magistrate to consider granting bail without the condition of it being approved by the Clerk of the Peace as it may pose some difficulty for one of his clients as she did not possess any property.

Ali said he had prospective bailors ready to take bail if granted.

The court’s prosecutor did not object to bail being granted.

Stroude was also informed that the police’s file of their investigations was expected to be submitted to the Director of Public Prosecutions in one month’s time.

The women were charged on Thursday by members of the Police Service’s Professional Standards Bureau led by Sgt Bryon Daniel. Their arrests came after weeks of investigation. The inspector and sergeant were charged jointly with perverting the course of justice while the corporal was charged with taking no action knowing that a criminal offence was being committed.

It is alleged that on January 30, the inspector was driving a vehicle assigned to the Counter Trafficking Unit (CTU) when it was struck by another vehicle.

The inspector realised her driver’s permit was expired and allegedly called the sergeant who was asked to accompany her (the inspector) to the Central Police Station, to falsely report that she (the sergeant) was the driver of the CTU vehicle.

A constable at the police station was allegedly asked to enter a false report in the police station diary but refused. The corporal was then allegedly asked to do the deed and she allegedly complied.

The constable later made a formal complaint to the Professional Standards Bureau and investigations commenced. Andrews was represented by attorney Cedric Neptune.