The High Court has blocked the Police Commissioner from firing an officer who is now on remand awaiting trial for the murder of 3 civilians in Barrackpore 9 years ago.

Commissioner Gary Griffith feels Officer Safraz Juman should tender his resignation or be fired from the service, although he is yet to be convicted for the crime.

However Justice Ricky Rahim yesterday granted an interim injunction to the officer, stopping the Commissioner from trying to remove the accused from the service.

The police officer along with Sgt. Kemraj Sahadeo, officers Renaldo Reviero, Glenn Singh, Roger Nicholas and Antonio Ramadin are all accused in the murders.

The victims are Abigail Johnson, Alana Duncan and Kerron ‘Fingers’ Eccles.

They were killed in October 2011.

Officer Juman has been on suspension since December 2014.

In a May 1^st 2020 letter to Mr. Juman, Commissioner Griffith called on him to retire from the service, saying it would be in the public’s interest.

He gave the officer an option to retire and to explain why he should not be fired.

But Justice Rahim described the opportunity granted to Mr. Juman by the Commissioner to provide an explanation as to why he should not be fired, as an empty promise.

With the judge’s ruling the Commissioner cannot terminate the officer until the hearing and determination of Mr. Juman’s judicial review claim.