A SENIOR police officer who was charged with malicious damage and other traffic-related offences by Arima municipal police has lost his malicious prosecution lawsuit against the borough corporation and the State.

In June 2020, acting Snr Supt Julien Johnson, then assigned to the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF), faced four charges stemming from an incident earlier that year. It was reported that on January 20, 2020, while at the Windsor Building on Hollis Avenue, Arima, he reversed into another vehicle. At the time, Johnson was driving a Nissan Frontier pickup rented to the IATF.

Municipal police officers arrived at the scene and asked Johnson for his driver’s permit and certificate of insurance, but he refused and became combative. He was arrested and taken to the Arima Municipal Police Station.