A HIGH COURT judge has again read the riot act to the police after he ordered the state to pay the estate of a man who was slapped with multiple charges for offences allegedly committed while he was in police and prison custody in 2014.

In an oral ruling after a brief trial on May 12, Justice Frank Seepersad ordered $280,000 in compensation for the mother of Ricky Taylor, who was killed by police on September 8, 2022, before the lawsuit was filed.

He said he found the conduct of the police officers to be “so egregious,” he made an order for exemplary damages, again renewing a previous call he made for these sums to be paid by the errant officers.