A POLICE constable was, on Tuesday, charged for attempting to pervert the course of justice and was released on $100,000 bail by City Magistrate Rhondell Weever

Mario Parasram, 28, of ‘B’ Field, South Sophia, Georgetown was arraigned at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

He denied that, between June 9 and July 6, 2021, at Georgetown, he willfully attempted to obstruct or pervert the course of justice by demanding the sum of $200,000, from Patris Petrie to prevent the institution of a criminal charge.

Parasram’s attorney, Bernard DaSilva, made an application for bail on the grounds that his client is the father of two and is the sole breadwinner for his family.

With no objection raised by the court prosecutor, the magistrate granted the accused $100,000 bail and adjourned the case until February 22, 2022.