Click to view full size

A Rapid Response Unit constable accused of being in charge of a police vehicle while intoxicated in 2017 has been acquitted after a district court judge ruled the State failed to prove its case.

Constable Dennis Dewar was freed on February 20 by Judge Ava Vandenburg in the Siparia District Court, after key prosecution evidence was expunged due to the repeated absence of the charging officer.

The case stemmed from an incident on November 4, 2017, when police responded to a shooting at a bar in Anthony Branch Trace, Siparia.