Assault convict opts to serve jail term rather than pay $1,000 fine

LEON Davis (no address given) on Monday opted to serve a five-day jail term after being convicted of assault causing actual bodily harm.

Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo had imposed a $1,000 fine on Davis, but he chose the alternative – imprisonment — declaring at the New Amsterdam Magistrates Court that he did not have money.
Last August 21, Percival Hall was riding his pedal cycle when the defendant cuffed him, causing him to lose his balance and fall to the ground.
The cyclist was taken to the New Amsterdam Hospital, where he was treated medically and sent away.

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