Policeman Chopped At Night Club

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Week ending Feb 06th, 2010

THE NEW TODAY - Week ending Feb 06th, 2010

A Police Constable is nursing wounds after he was attacked on Saturday night at a St. George’s night club by a group of three men. The assault on Terron Greenidge who was recently seconded to the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) from the Central Division took place at the popular Karma Night Club on the Carenage, St. George’s. The policeman received five chop wounds including one on his back measuring 3.5 centimetres, leading to his neck.

Police have arrested and charged three men from various parts of St. George’s as a result of the bloody attack on one of their colleagues. The accused men - Benjamin Matthews of Belmont, St. George’s, Darius Lewis from Willis, St. George’s, and Arthur Braveboy, the son of a former policewoman, were brought to court on Wednesday on a charge of intentionally and unlawfully causing a wound to Greenidge.

Matthews and Lewis are being represented by Attorney-at-Law Francis Paul, while Braveboy is being represented by Defense Counsel Cajeton Hood. Both lawyers sought to have their clients release from custody, however, Police Prosecutor Inspector Godfrey Victor objected to bail on the grounds that all of the accused men currently having pending matters before the court. Inspector Victor told the court that was being presided over by Chief Magistrate Tamara Gill that the men had total disregard for the offense they allegedly committed, after knowing that the victim was a police officer.

The men were all remanded in custody at the Richmond Hill Prison until February 23 when they are due to reappear in court. A source told THE NEW TODAY newspaper it is believed that Greenidge who previously conducted escort services of prisoners coming to court in St. George’s had spoken to one of the suspect about smoking inside the night club.

He said that the man was seen going into the direction of another of the accused and after an exchange of words one of them moved towards the police officer. He spoke of seeing one of the suspects rushing at Greenidge at least on six different occasions.

According to the source, the policeman moved from where he was standing to another location inside the building but was again confronted by the same man. “When he (Greenidge) tried to reach (for) his handcuff all the other guys ganged him,” he said. Police officers are often hired by operators of entertainment houses to provide security service for shows.

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