PAUL Smith (no address given) appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry yesterday, charged with threatening language and wounding a policeman.

He pleaded not guilty to the offences, particulars of which stated that, on September 13, he made use of the threat to Sharon Smith and unlawfully and maliciously wounded Shane Frank, an officer acting in execution of his duty.
Police Sergeant Gordon Mansfield, prosecuting, said the defendant threatened to kill Sharon Smith, who is his mother and, when the officer, acting on her report, arrested the son and was about to put him in the lock-up, the latter took a padlock and hit him, causing head injuries.
Smith was granted self-bail on the threatening language charge and ordered to post $25,000 surety for the unlawful wounding offence, until September 17.