Security guard jailed for cutlass assault

Aug 16, 2012 News

A security guard employed at the East La Penitence night shelter will be spending the next month in the lock-ups after being found guilty of assaulting an inmate with a cutlass.
Shawn Heyliger of Princes Street, Georgetown, committed the offence against Mark Deoraj on August 12.
Prosecutor Burgett Grant said that both men resided at the night shelter, and at around 20:00 hours on the day in question, the victim accused Heyliger of making noise at his bedside, and called the defendant a dog.
Grant said that the victim’s words enraged the defendant, and he picked up a cutlass with which he lashed the victim to the head and about the body, causing the man to receive injuries. As a result of the incident, the matter was reported to the East La Penitence Police Station. The victim was given a medical certificate by the police to take to the doctor and that document was later completed and returned to the station.
Heyliger was subsequently contacted by the police, told of the offence and charged after admitting, the Prosecutor concluded.
The defendant denied the prosecutor’s information, stating that he does not live at the night shelter but works there. He told the court that while he was on duty he heard a noise coming from the inside of the building. He said he left his post and saw a man who appeared to be under the influence of alcohol, making noise.
Heyliger said he approached the individual, who was already in a conflict with other inmates at the shelter, and asked him to behave himself. The security guard said the man became very disrespectful to him after calling him a “black dog”. Heyliger told the court that he went away and had to return inside the building after the victim continued to behave in a disorderly manner.
Heyliger explained that on that occasion the man threatened him by promising to cause him harm with a knife he had on his bed. The guard said Deoraj started to advance him, making threats, and he defended himself with a cutlass. Heyliger said he concluded that Deoraj was a dangerous man as he had run–ins with him on more than one occasion.
The Magistrate questioned the use of the cutlass. She asked the defendant if as a security guard he is issued with a cutlass, and emphasised that carrying an offensive weapon is against the law. She opined that as a security guard, he should know how to handle such situations.
The accused was then sentenced.

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