A police constable was yesterday charged with assaulting a businessman six months after the alleged assault occurred. Police Constable 23034, Jamal Watson, 27, was arraigned before acting Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus in her Georgetown Courtroom where he was charged with assault causing actual bodily harm. It is alleged that on July 17th, at East Ruimveldt, Georgetown, Watson unlawfully assaulted Jermaine Wilson, so as to cause him actual bodily harm.
Watson, who has been a police officer for the last four years denied the charge. However, the auto spare parts businessman told the court that since the alleged assault, he has been on the police’s radar. Constantly being stopped by officers and was even taken to the Criminal Investigation Department for an alleged murder.
The Magistrate after listening to Wilson, granted the officer $100,000 bail. He was also issued a restraining order to stay a minimum of 200 feet away from Wilson. The restraining order is also for his ‘agents’ who she believes have been bothering the businessman. The matter will be heard again on January 31st. The charge stemmed from an assault which allegedly occurred last July at the East Ruimveldt Police Outpost. In a video that went viral, Watson could allegedly be seen beating up Wilson and his pregnant wife. The two had gone to the outpost to visit the woman’s brother who was there for another matter. According the information, a certain police officer was very rude to him while he was at the outpost and an argument between the two ensued. Wilson was then restrained by other officers as Watson allegedly beat him up while his wife recorded the incident. She was asked by the officer to stop recording and when she did not oblige, she too suffered blows to her abdomen. The video went viral and the two were taken to a hospital by the police. However, in September, Wilson spoke out about the matter not being taken seriously by the police.
Stabroek News had reported on the matter on the night it occurred.
