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March date for cops in viral beating

Two police constables who were charged in relation to the alleged beating of a man in west Kingston in 2019 are to return to the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on March 2. Constables Tevin Lake and Kenroy Chambers are facing a charge of...

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