Man gets suspended sentence, fine after cop assault

A man who threatened and assaulted a police officer was yesterday given a one-year suspended sentence along with a $15,000 fine by Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton.

Kevin Lavric was charged at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court with assaulting Jermaine Jordan so as to cause him actual bodily harm. He was also charged with using abusive language to Jordan. He allegedly committed both offences on December 27 at Cornhill Street.

Lavric pleaded not guilty to the