District Constable Dean Hyman, who was in February 2021 found guilty of unlawful wounding of a then 18-year-old female friend and sentenced to two years at hard labour, was last Friday acquitted a.
District Constable Dean Hyman, who was convicted of unlawful wounding and sentenced in February 2021 to two years’ imprisonment at hard labour, has been freed by the Court of Appeal. He had given verbal notice of appeal and was granted bail pending.
The verdict was handed down in the Manchester Parish Court in a sitting in Porus.
A statement from the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) said District Constable Hyman was charged on August 23, 2017 with the shooting of an 18-year-old female student on December 8, 2016.
The student reportedly sustained a severe gunshot wound to one of her legs following an interaction with the officer on a staircase at Big Youth Plaza in Christiana, Manchester.
The attorney representing District Constable Hyman indicated to the judge that he intends to appeal the ruling.
The district constable was subsequently granted bail in the sum of $200,000, with two sureties, pending his appeal.