Sixteen men yesterday appeared at the Cove and John Magistrate’s Court charged with riotous behaviour following looting and assaults at Mon Repos and other parts of the East Coast during a protest on Tuesday which disintegrated into chaos and saw the police firing tear gas and rubber bullets.
The protest had been aimed at concerns over the handling of the killing of Golden Grove resident Quindon Bacchus by a policeman on June 10th. The concerns were later found to have been based on an erroneous report by an online news outfit.
In a release yesterday, the police said the 16 appeared before Magistrate Fabayo Azore and Andrew Sumner, 59, of Victoria, East Coast Demerara (ECD) pleaded guilty and was fined $20,000.
The other 15 pleaded not guilty and were placed on $15,000 bail. The cases were adjourned to October 19th, 2022.
The photos were supplied by the police.
Those who pleaded not guilty are:
Rondolph Murphy, 50-year-old male of Belfield Housing Scheme, ECD.
Jawonza Fowler, 18-year-old male of Hackett Street, Golden Grove, ECD.
Michael Moore, 23-year-old male of Victoria, ECD.
Rawl Griffith, 45-year-old male of Haslington, ECD.
George Tixey, 31-year-old male of Haslington, ECD.
Daniel Thomas, 19-year-old male of Haslington, ECD.
Lazendi Pompey, 33-year-old male of Haslington, ECD.
Seon Austin, 31-year-old male of Golden Grove, ECD.
Quice Lawrence, 40-year-old male of Golden Grove, ECD.
Winston James, 23-year-old male of Victoria, ECD.
Shaphel Caesar, 25-year-old of Melanie, ECD.
Rondel Clarke, 21-year-old male of Ann’s Grove, ECD
Shamar Payne, 23-year-old male of Bachelor’s Adventure, ECD
Kevon Nicholas, 18-year-old male of Haslington, ECD
Kester Paul, 24-year-old male of Haslington, ECD
