A HOT topic in the news (earlier this week) is the court orderly in a Sparendaam Court who took bribe from the accused in a domestic abuse case. We are told that the policeman was given an inducement, not to testify or to bungle his testimony so that the accused can walk free. When the complainant failed to testify (which most silly women do) against her mate the charges against him was summarily dropped and the case struck off the record.
Now, the accused recognising that there was no need for a bribe after all,

promptly requested his money back to which he was denied. He then reported the matter which resulted in the officer being caught red handed. This is good work by all the parties involved but we have to go a step further in rectifying this other plague in society, that is, corrupt officers.

Here we have a corrupt cop and there are quite a few in the Guyana Police Force who can brazenly pervert the course of justice with their corrupt ways. The domestic violence scene is already riddled with problems of its own only to be further infected by cops of a depraved character.
My position on this one is that they both ought to be charged, the accused for offering a bribe to a peace officer to pervert the course of justice and for the officer for accepting the bribe. And the punishment: a few months jail time for both of them.
Well, the accused might have averted imprisonment in the case brought against him due to the silly action of his spouse, but now should do jail time for that bribe of his. Likewise, the officer must also suffer the consequences for his corrupt actions. In addition, when he is released, fire him. I can guarantee you this is not the first time he has done this. It will send the strongest message to abusers as well as cops that corrupt practices will not be tolerated in our society.