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Relatives admit to assisting DUI driver in beating cops
The driver at the time of the incident with the traffic rank.
Kaieteur News – One week after a video surfaced with a confrontation between two police officers, a driver and his relatives. The relatives have admitted to assaulting the said police officers and to obstructing the officers when they appeared in court.
The defendants, Paulette and Albert Grant, on Tuesday appeared before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts, when the two charges were read to them.
They pleaded guilty to the charge which stated that on November 5, 2020, at Cornhill and Hadfield Streets, Georgetown, they assaulted a peace officer and, the latter charge, obstructing a peace officer.
Senior Magistrate Daly fined both defendants a total of $50,000 each for both charges, or in default six weeks imprisonment.
Last Thursday, Keron Joseph, of 181 Wisroc Housing Scheme, Linden, was fined a total of $177, 500 after he pleaded guilty to assaulting two police officers, resisting arrest, using indecent language and committing seven traffic offenses.
He was also charged for interrupting the free flow of traffic – he denied that charge and was released on $50,000 bail. He is expected to make his next court appearance on January 7, 2021.
According to a police report, on the day in question Police Constable Giles was performing duties when he observed a heavily tinted motor car, PSS 5836, driven by Joseph, coming to a full stop on the roadway and in the process interrupting the free flow of traffic.
As a result, Giles approached Joseph and told him of the offence committed and asked him to produce his documents but Joseph refused to comply.
However, Constable Cummings, a rank who was in the vicinity, went to Constable Giles’ assistance and also requested the driver to produce his documents to which he again refused. Constable Cummings then cautioned Joseph and attempted to arrest him.
Based on a social media video seen by this publication, in the process of the arrest an argument ensued and that resulted in a scuffle. As a result, Joseph assaulted Constable Cummings. Joseph was seen grabbing at the rank’s throat.
Meanwhile, the two other occupants of the motor vehicle, Albert and Paulette, joined in and both ranks were subsequently assaulted.
The ranks then summoned assistance and the trio was arrested and taken to the Brickdam Police Station. A breathalyzer test was conducted on them and it revealed that they were over the prescribed limit.
An investigation was launched and all three defendants were subsequently charged.
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