Ruling in McCoy gun-butting case set for June 4

Kwame McCoy

The trial of Office of the President (OP) Press and Publicity Officer Kwame McCoy, who was charged with assault over the gun-butting of Clifton Stewart, saw the final submissions of the prosecution and defence yesterday before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Witnesses Clifton Stewart, Woman Police Sergeant Roseann Ford and Police Superintendent M Chalmers were called to the stand by Police Prosecutor Sergeant Lionel Harvey, who examined them before allowing the defence to cross-examine.

Senior Counsel Bernard Dos Santos made a no-case submission on the