Guyanese drug user acquitted on assault, other charges

A Guyanese man, who admitted that he is a drug user, was earlier this month acquitted of a number of criminal charges after Canadian Judge Valerie Culp found that there were many holes in the complainant’s story and that his testimony was more believable.

According to court documents seen by this newspaper, Guyanese Homesh Jangbahadur was charged with break and enter, robbery, aggravated assault, use of a weapon in committing an assault, and having in his possession a knife for the purpose of committing an offence.

The facts as presented by the prosecution stated