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FRIDAY,

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

VOLUME 108, No.44

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DIAMOND VILLAGER ALLEGES POLICE BRUTALITY

October, after being informed by someone that his nephew, Lesroy JUST TWO WEEKS after a Victoria Stapleton, was spotted in the back of a Village resident, Kirthland Johnson, a police transport, said “I call my sister devoted Seventh Day Adventist was (Lesroy’s mother) who isn’t living too wrongfully accused by Police Officers of far from me, and tell her go down to being involved in a robbery, which the CID and find out what happen.” ultimately caused him to lose his job as a The sister set off for Kingstown, but Security Officer , Kirt Joseph of King’s spotted someone looking like her son, Hill, Diamond, has alleged he was mansitting on a bench at the Calliaqua handled by police. police station. On closer inspection, Joseph, the brother of famed she discovered it was not her son. national cricketer Dawnley Joseph, Joseph said she then telephoned him alledged that he was physically and asked him to check at the Stubbs abused by police officers at the Stubbs police station. police station, after he went to inquire On arrival at the station, he met about a nephew who was arrested. some officers inside the yard, “So I Joseph, an auto-mechanic by said good afternoon to everybody profession, said that on Thursday 30th outside, and then I go and approach by KENVILLE HORNE

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Kirt Joseph of Diamond, claims to have been physically abused by police for no reason.

them inside and said good afternoon.” According to the mechanic, he informed the Police Officers that he was Lesroy’s uncle, and he had come to inquire about his nephew’s arrest. Joseph said he recalled an officer sitting to the left becoming agitated and said out loudly, “If alyo bin discipline you all children he wouldn’t a been here.” Joseph admitted retorting with, “That is not the question I came here to ask, because I hear they lock up Lesroy,” to which the officer reacted by “chasing me out the station.” It was at that point that the officer got physical. “He started to push me from out of the station door straight up on the walkway at the police

ASP Jonathan Nichols assured that police officers found to be at fault for matters other than criminal matters, are disciplined internally. station,” related Joseph. After being forced out of the police compound, the mechanic said he took his phone from his pocket and attempted to call his sister to inform her that her son was being held at the Stubbs police station. Continued on Page 3.


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