ANGER got the better of 49-year-old Nigel Reid, when he appeared before Chief Magistrate, Ann McLennan, for behaving disorderly at the Office of the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs when he did not get to see the minister.

Reid had to be escorted out of the courtroom on two occasions because of his disorderly behaviour in the courtroom before the chief magistrate came out to the bench.
The father of five is charged for behaving disorderly at the office of the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs, located at Lot 251Quamina Street, Georgetown.

He denied the charge while his attorney; Tiffany Jeffery, made an application for bail.Reid in vexation told the court that he went to the ministry to seek justice for his wife who was being abused but he did not get to meet the minister.

According to the facts read in court by Police Prosecutor, Corporal Vivian Adolph, on the day in question, Reid went to the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs and inquired about the minister’s whereabouts.

The minister’s secretary told him that the minister was out, causing Reid to lose his temper and he began behaving disorderly and using a series of expletives.

Reid was then escorted out of the building by security personnel. Hours later the secretary received a call allegedly from the defendant, threatening to kill the minister.
Prosecutor Adolph said that the alleged death threats made by the accused were currently being investigated.

With no objections raised, Reid was released on $10,000 bail with the condition that he stays away from the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs. The matter was transferred to the courtroom of Magistrate Dylon Bess for August 27.