An investigation is being conducted into allegations that a police officer attached to the St Andrew North Division brutally assaulted a woman after she repeated a 'bad word' he had allegedly told her a few minutes before, THE STAR understands.

The incident reportedly unfolded last Monday outside a bar in the west rural St Andrew division, when the officer on patrol drove up and ordered that the music be turned off and the bar licence be presented.

THE STAR was told that during the process, the officer in question allegedly used profanity towards the female, who in turn, replied to the officer using the same profanity.

The woman summed up the ordeal and relayed her account of the incident to THE STAR.

She alleged, "Him tell mi hot word and mi tell him back ... dem a rassle wid me fi put mi in the jeep and during di whole ting him punch, punch mi ina mi face ... Stomp pan mi belly and climb pan mi ina di van ... Is all good still cause dem charge mi and tink a so it a go ... Mi report it to Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) and they are doing their investigation."

Our news team was told that three charges, use of indecent language, resisting arrest and assaulting an officer, were laid against the woman.

The alleged attack took place some 48 hours after another policeman Corporal Dwayne Smart was accused of shooting and killing a 25-yr-old pregnant woman, Kayann Lamont, after she used indecent language in St Thomas.

In the more recent incident in St Andrew, one eyewitness in relating the allegations said, "Mi say the woman jus say ... 'a wah dis, so we can't play likkle music again ... Mek dem gwan and nuh argue wid dem cause a same so dem kill di pregnant woman a St Thomas'..."

indecent language

She said the policeman replied to the woman with indecent language and the woman told him back the same words.

THE STAR was told that the policeman, now under intense investigation, was reported to have grabbed the woman after she attempted to walk away, punched, choked and unleashed a beating, which included kicks and stomps when she fell.

Our news team was told that due to the severity of the attack, the woman had to seek medical attention after being released from lock up.

A relative of the beaten female told our news team, "After she a defend herself when the police attacked her, dem arrest her and take her away to Duhaney Park, and no space wasn't available so dem take her back to the station in the community, process her and she get bail."

THE STAR contacted a representative at INDECOM and it was confirmed that the matter was being investigated.