A female student from a St. Catherine-based high school, was arrested on Monday (April 18), after she reportedly stabbed a district constable in the neck.
Reports indicate that at approximately 2 p.m. on Monday, the district constable was on duty at the school, when the teenager whom he had reprimanded earlier, crept up and stabbed him in the neck. He was taken to the Spanish Town Hospital where he was admitted in a serious condition. The juvenile was subsequently arrested and charged with wounding.
Ironically, the district constable is attached to the Safe Schools Programme, one that seeks to instil discipline in the students.
A policeman from the St. Catherine North Division, who is accused of assaulting and robbing a prostitute after their deal went sour, has been charged with robbery and assault.
According to reports, the policeman paid the prostitute (said to be an exotic dancer) for sex, but reportedly demanded that the money be returned after he had climaxed too quickly. She refused to return the money, and he allegedly became angry and searched her; when the money was not found he is said to have confiscated her cellphone and other personal belongings.
The woman made a report to the police who intervened, but the constable still refused to return her belongings. A file was compiled and sent to the director of public prosecutions, who ruled that the policeman be charged with robbery and assault. He is to appear in the Linstead Resident Magistrate’s Court later this week.
Classes were suspended at the Charlie Smith High School in Kingston yesterday, as the school’s administration protested against a rash of thefts, allegedly by students who have been plaguing the institution.
According to reports, students at the school stole one of the school’s laptops last Wednesday (April 6), and it is alleged that the school’s staff have also been victims of student criminal activity from time to time.
