COME October 31, 2019, Magistrate Marissa Mittelholzer is expected to rule on a no-case submission made in the case against Attorney-at-law Ryan Crawford, who is charged with a series of traffic-related offences, including verbally abusing a police officer.

Magistrate Mittelholzer, who sits at the Mahaica Magistrate’s Court, will rule on the no-case submission which was made by Crawford’s lawyer Sanjeev Datadin, claiming the prosecutor had failed to prove its case.

The charges reportedly stem from an altercation between Crawford and a young policeman during a routine stop-and-search exercise on September 13, 2018, on the Yorkshire Public Road, at Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara.

The confrontation was captured on a video that went viral on social media, showing Crawford verbally abusing the policeman who was requesting to see his documents.
Crawford was subsequently hauled before the court on five charges, namely: prohibition of tinted glass; failure to produce his driver’s licence; driving an unfit motor vehicle; use of obscene language; and (5) riotous behaviour.
He is currently on self-bail after denying all of the charges.