Prisoner assaults accuser in court

A prisoner yesterday physically attacked his accuser in a city courtroom.

“I just frustrated being in prison all the time on remand, remand,” Wesley Griffith lamented afterward, while telling Magistrate Judy Latchman that he was “sorry” for his actions.

Griffith jumped out of the prisoners’ dock and attacked the virtual complainant (VC) Derrick Halley, whom he is accused of robbing. Halley was dealt several cuffs about his face and body.

When the case was called yesterday, it was stood down for a brief moment when the magistrate left the bench