STALL HOLDER Andel Daniels yesterday appeared before Georgetown Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton to answer to a charge of wounding, wherein he cuffed Omesh Lakhraj for throwing nut shells on his stall on August 14. He pleaded guilty to the charge; and the police prosecutor, Inspector Burgett Grant, said on the day in question, the virtual complainant was in a route 44 bus eating nuts when some shells fell in front of the defendant’s stall, which is situated near to the bus park.
Grant said the defendant went up to the virtual complainant and told him to pick up the nut shells, but the virtual complainant refused. The defendant became annoyed and began to slap and cuff the virtual complainant to his face, causing him to received injuries to his lower lip.
The prosecutor said the virtual complainant then reported the matter at Brickdam Police Station, and the defendant was arrested and charged.
Daniels told the court that the virtual complainant was under the influence of alcohol when he threw nut shells in front of his stall. He said he told the virtual complainant that he could get charged for littering and that he should pick up the nut shells.
The defendant said he picked up the nut shells and placed them on the virtual complainant because he refused to pick them up. He said the virtual complainant became annoyed and began to push him; and to defend himself, he raised his hands, which hit the virtual complainant on his mouth causing it to burst.
The magistrate told the defendant that he was right to enlighten the virtual complainant about littering, but he shouldn’t have persisted on the issue, especially since he knew the virtual complainant was under the influence of alcohol.
Daniels was placed on a bond to keep the peace for six months, and the matter was discharged.