Tavin Ahmad, a bus driver who was charged with assaulting a police officer, was sentenced to 14 days in prison yesterday after being found guilty of the crime.
Ahmad, who was in September faced with five charges, including threatening, assaulting and damaging the property of a police officer, was sentenced and fined at the conclusion of his trial, which was conducted by Magistrate Dylon Bess in Georgetown.
The charges stated that on September 13th at Camp Street, Georgetown, he had unlawfully and maliciously assaulted a police constable, resisted arrest by the said officer, damaged a t-shirt that was the property of the Guyana Police Force, used threatening behaviour and behaved disorderly within the public’s hearing.