THREE remanded prisoners on Tuesday behaved in a disorderly manner towards ranks at the Linden Magistrate’s Court, resulting in Magistrate Clive Nurse adjourning the court’s proceedings.
The unrepresented prisoners, who are on trial for robbery under arms, had their case adjourned to March 1. This resulted in their creating a ruckus as they voiced frustration over the continuous delay of their case.
Guyana Chronicle was on the scene when the prisoners began hurling insulting remarks at the ranks, in process disrupting the peace of the court’s proceedings. The ranks were forced to remove the prisoners from the holding room and take them to the prisoner’s van. In process, the prisoners uttered expletives, threatening language, and behaved violently whilst being confined in the prisoner’s van, even though they were handcuffed.
Several ranks tried to calm them down, but they continued to create a ruckus. Two of them began to kick at the door as the ranks tried to close it, and even urged a rank to come closer so they can kick him in his face.
“Stop close this f**ing door in hay! Don’t do stupidness, boy, before I kick ya up in ya f**king face!” one prisoner told the police.
The prisoners showed no respect for anyone, or fear of the consequences of their action.
“You close this f**king door and a bet ya today, today a getting charge again!” the prisoner told a police rank.
The police ranks had to resort to using their batons as the prisoners began to get uncontrollable.
“Y’all get me suffering in jail for something me ain’t do and every time people come to court is a set ah unnecessary time wasting, a set ah f**king unnecessary time!” another prisoner said.
The mother of one of the prisoners, who reportedly is also an officer of the law, blamed the policemen for the way her son was behaving. “Hello! Please don’t speak to my son like that! He is not a dog, is y’all causing he to behave like this!” she admonished.
The prisoners were taken to the Mackenzie Police Station, where they are expected to be charged for their disruptive behaviour.
