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Cop beats and wrongfully arrests man: Taxpayers get $162,000 bill

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Rickie RamdassJournalist at Express

October 28, 2026

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Cop beats and wrongfully arrests man: Taxpayers get $162,000 bill

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THE Office of the Attorney General has been ordered to pay over $162,000 in damages, interest and legal costs to a man who was wrongfully arrested and assaulted by a police officer in Carenage in 2014.

On Monday, Justice Robin Mohammed ruled that police officer PC Benjamin wrongfully arrested Renaldo Brown on July 19, 2014, and committed battery against him during an incident on the Western Main Road and at the Carenage Police Station.

In his judgment, Justice Mohammed awarded Brown $90,000 in general damages for wrongful arrest, false imprisonment and assault and battery, including aggravated damages.

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