A police officer has been charged with assault by beating of a minor in Port of Spain.

A TTPS press release on November 12 said that according to reports, at 2.30 pm on Wednesday May 7, an 11-year-old primary school student was assaulted by a female constable who is the mother of another student attending the same school as the victim.

Preliminary information indicates the incident occurred in the school’s courtyard, following an altercation between both children. It is alleged the officer confronted and physically assaulted the child. A teacher intervened and separated the female officer from the child.