Media personality Mondale Smith of 1717 Princes Street, Wortmanville, yesterday appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court to answer charges of unlawfully assaulting another man and maliciously damaging a glass door at Demico/Qik Serv.

He was subsequently placed on self-bail and is scheduled to return to court on January 26.

Smith entered not guilty pleas to the charges when Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson read them to him.

The charges allege that on January 3 at Croal Street he unlawfully and maliciously assaulted Leon Bagot so as to cause him actual bodily harm and that he  unlawfully and maliciously damaged a glass door valued $25,000, property of Demico/Qik Serv.

Reports are that the man had verbally abused Smith who in turn retaliated by slapping him.  The man then dealt Smith a punch to his face which resulted in a fight during which they collided with the glass door causing it to break.