TWO police constables accused of assaulting Colwyn Harding, will on Friday make their last appearance before Magistrate Leron Daley at the Providence Magistrates Court, when she will rule in the matter.

Police Constables Devin Singh,of Lot 125 Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara and Roselle Tilbury- Douglasof Alliance Road, Timehri, East Bank Demerara, have been jointly charged with assaulting Harding during the period November 1 to November 13, 2013, at the Timehri Police Station, so as to cause him actual bodily harm.Devin Singh was also slapped with an additional assault charge, separately.
The constable had made their first appearance before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry on Tuesday, June 3, 2014 at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court and strongly denied the allegations.
Singh was released on $200,000 bail, while his colleague was granted bail in the sum of $100,000
The matter was subsequently transferred to the Providence Magistrates Court and is being prosecuted by Police Inspector Michael Grant, while the duo are being represented by Attorneys Glenn Hanoman and Leslie Sobers.
Harding has alleged that the two police officers, who were based at the Timehri Police Station, pushed a condom-covered baton up his anus in November,2013.
Harding, who was at the time a prisoner on remand for allegedly assaulting the cop and resisting arrest,had suffered a ruptured intestine. Harding later underwent two private examinations, one at a private hospital here and the other in Jamaica and the conclusion from both was that a foreign object had been inserted into his anus.
City Magistrate Judy Latchman, on April 10, had dismissed a violent robbery charge against Harding after she found that the virtual complainant was indeed showing no interest in the trial which had been ongoing for months. She found the defendant not guilty and ordered him cleared of the charge.