Cops jailed for assault on businessman

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Protestors across the street from the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court building on Middle Street, demonstrating against the sentencing of four policemen found guilty of assaulting businessman Nizam Khan (Photo by Arian Browne)
Protestors across the street from the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court building on Middle Street, demonstrating against the sentencing of four policemen found guilty of assaulting businessman Nizam Khan (Photo by Arian Browne)

Four police officers were sentenced to 18 months imprisonment each last Friday after being found guilty of assaulting businessman Nizam Khan.

The sentences yesterday sparked a demonstration outside the building housing the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Middle Street, where protestors said that the decision against the men was unjust.

Police officers Kevon Smith, Jermaine Scott, Marlon Gonzales and Wilwert Watts were on