TAXI driver Toan Fraser of Lot 255 Block 22, Wismar, Linden was yesterday placed on $25,000 bail when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry to answer an assault charge.He pleaded not guilty to the allegation that on Monday, November 25, at Pine Street, Mackenzie Linden, he unlawfully assaulted Troy Arthur.

The defendant complained: “Meh Worship, they assaulted me. My head was busted, my mouth was busted.”

Police Sergeant Vernetta Pindar, prosecuting, did not object to bail, and the matter was transferred to the Christianburg Magistrate’s Court for January 8.