Police constable granted bail on assault charge

A po­lice con­sta­ble has ap­peared be­fore the Port of Spain Mas­ters’ Court in con­nec­tion with a com­mon as­sault charge.

Dex­troy Man­swell, 43, ap­peared on Tues­day be­fore Mas­ter Va­lerie Gomez Abra­ham. He was grant­ed bail in the sum of $50,000 with sure­ty.

The court im­posed con­di­tions as part of bail. These in­clude no di­rect or in­di­rect con­tact with the com­plainant, main­tain­ing a dis­tance of 200 feet, and re­sid­ing at a stat­ed ad­dress for the du­ra­tion of the mat­ter.

The case was ad­journed to May 28.

The charge fol­lows an in­ves­ti­ga­tion in­to an in­ci­dent al­leged to have tak­en place on April 1, 2025. Re­ports state that the com­plainant was slapped by the ac­cused and threat­ened with a firearm.

In­ves­ti­ga­tions were con­duct­ed by the Spe­cial Vic­tims De­part­ment un­der the su­per­vi­sion of In­spec­tor Dar­ren Bap­tiste. A file was sub­mit­ted to the Of­fice of the Di­rec­tor of Pub­lic Pros­e­cu­tions, which ad­vised that the charge be laid.

The ac­cused re­mains be­fore the court as the mat­ter pro­ceeds.

The Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice stat­ed that it con­tin­ues to treat all mat­ters un­der the law and due process. It stat­ed that of­fi­cers are sub­ject to the law and that re­ports are ad­dressed through the court sys­tem.

No plea was record­ed dur­ing the hear­ing.

The ac­cused is ex­pect­ed to re­turn to court on the ad­journed date as pro­ceed­ings con­tin­ue.