Philipsburg: --- The police department has completed both investigations against brigadier R.J who is accused of abusing his wife for another woman. Assistant Commissioner of Police Ademar Doran said both investigations have been completed. Doran said the criminal investigation files have been sent to the prosecutor’s office and they would now have to decide how they are going to handle the case.
While Prosecutor Rienk Mud said he is still waiting for the documents from the police to make a decision. Mud said because he does not have the complete file in front of him he cannot say what actions if any would be taken by the prosecutor’s office. The prosecutor office may or may not prosecute the case depending on the extent of the abuse, or violence that was used.
Doran further explained the second file which was conducted by the police internal affairs has been completed and sent to the Chief of Police for disciplinary sanctioning. The top cop did not say what disciplinary measures would be taken against R.J he said this is a matter that has to be dealt with internally.
Doran said the police department gave the case the necessary attention since it involves a police officer. “We did what we have to do because we do not want people to say because its one of us, they can do and escape.”
In the meantime, the wife of R.J, Connie James is angry with the newspaper reports in one of the daily newspapers on Tuesday. The woman said when she saw an article that appeared in the newspaper on Monday by the man’s lover who accused her of going to their St. Peters residence armed. She said she went to the newspaper to give her side of the story but the reporter she said printed inaccurate information.
Connie James said when she arrived at the St. Peters residence where her husband was with his lover she met a knife on the porch banister and she picked it up and when she entered the house there was a hammer on a press which she picked up with the same hand. Connie James said the reason she picked up both weapons in the same hand she did not want anyone of the persons in the house to injure her with them. She further explained that because of an accident she is unable to use her right hand. “So to say I had a weapon in each hand is a total lie and to say I went to the house armed is also far from the truth.” The woman said she met both of the weapons at the house and she held both of them in the same hand, her left hand.
Mrs. James said for this reason he went to meet the reporter in question so he could see that she cannot use her right hand and instead he wrote inaccurate information.
