Cop to be charged
Published:Saturday | March 12, 2011 | 12:00 AM
A policeman who is charged with assault with intent to rape appeared yesterday in the Corporate Area Resident Magis-trate's Court.
Constable Jerome Arscott was granted bail in the sum of $100,000 with a surety to return to court on March 12.
The Crown is alleging that on February 2, Arscott was a member of a joint police-military patrol in Elletson Flats, St Andrew.
It is said that the party stopped at a premises and asked the complainant permission to pick ackees from a tree in her yard.
The complainant gave them permission and while she was returning to her house, Arscott allegedly followed her and attempted to sexually assault her.
She managed to run from the house and reported the incident to other members of the patrol party, but they did not take any action.
Sometime after she made the report, the accused Arscott allegedly caught up with her and pulled her back into the house where it is said he again attempted to rape her.
The complainant reported the matter to the Centre for Investigation of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse.
Statements were submitted to the director of public prosecutions who ruled on Monday that Arscott should be charged.