Yesterday, Justice Antoinette Moore, the Judge in Kareem Martinez's manslaughter trial, ordered one of the witnesses for his defence, PC Claude Augustine, to leave her courtroom after he gave testimony that she described as "perjury."
She then asked Prosecutor Javier Chan to have the Office of The Director of Public Prosecutions open an investigation into PC Augustine for that offence.
It was a sobering moment for each and every one of the court observers, and one that demonstrated the apparent lack of respect that some police officers have for the country's Supreme Court.
Well, that hiccup in the trial has reached the ears of the COMPOL and in a VOICE message to Laddie Gillett's foster family last night, he outlined what he believes are the requirements for justice to be served and just how these cops may have fallen short.
Voice of: Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police
"Justice can only be achieved when those who are task by law to carry out the duties of the people in holding the perpetrators of crime accountable for the actions are honest in the discharge of that duty. Anything short of that is going to defeat the whole objectives of justice."
We'll keep following this angle in the story.
