Judge throws out assault case involving prison officer, cops

A prison of­fi­cer and a po­lice of­fi­cer have lost their sep­a­rate but in­ter­twined cas­es over an in­ci­dent in which both were wound­ed when the po­lice of­fi­cer and his col­leagues at­tempt­ed to en­ter an apart­ment the prison of­fi­cer was stay­ing at.

De­liv­er­ing a judg­ment late last month, High Court Judge Devin­dra Ram­per­sad dis­missed a case brought by prison of­fi­cer Reuel Ac­co against PC Vishal Singh, three of his col­leagues and the State for neg­li­gence; and an­oth­er brought by Singh against Ac­co for as­sault.

The out­come of both cas­es was based on Jus­tice Ram­per­sad’s in­abil­i­ty to de­ter­mine which of the of­fi­cers was at fault from the ev­i­dence pre­sent­ed be­fore him.