concrete resurfacing firm.

The Royal Gazette has learned that Det. Con. John Fryer, who was placed on Police sick leave after he was attacked last June on Court Street, is working for Island Concrete which is owned by his father Mr. Michael Fryer. Det. Con.

Fryer was seen at a work site in Southampton this week.

And when contacted yesterday, Police spokesman Insp. Coghlin Gibbons confirmed that Det. Con. Fryer was "an active member of the Police force''.

But he had no comment when he was asked about the conditions of Mr. Fryer's sick leave.

A further call to the Police Marine Section also revealed that the officer was on sick leave.

When initially contacted, Det. Con. Fryer denied that he was on the Police payroll and working outside of the Police Service.

But he later told The Royal Gazette that he was still receiving full sick pay while helping out his father. He said he would soon be "medically retired'' from the Police Service.

He also stressed that he was not being paid by his father, but was only helping to supervise various job sites.

Det. Con. Fryer was attacked on Court Street on the night of January 3, 1994, when responding to a disturbance.

A large crowd then turned on him, kicking him and beating him with sticks and bottles. He was so severely injured that he needed three months of counselling and extensive hospital treatment.