POLICE Constable Noel Trotman, who has been charged with dereliction of duty following investigations into a prisoner’s escape, was yesterday placed on $40,000 bail by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.The 162 Anna Catherina, West Coast Demerara resident is facing an indictable charge of allegedly permitting David Peters Singh, a prisoner in lawful custody on September 17 on a drug charge, to get away from the Mahdia Police Station Lockups.
An application by defence counsel Adrian Thompson caused the Administration of Justice Act (AJA) to be applied, and the defendant Trotman pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The lawyer Thompson described Trotman as “a man of honour and discipline”, who is willing to fight to maintain his unblemished image.
Corporal Deniro Jones, prosecuting, did not object to bail being granted; thus Trotman was granted bail, and the case was transferred before the Mahdia Magistrate for January 19, 2015.
