McCoy found guilty of assault, threats

Kwame McCoy

Office of the President (OP) Press Officer Kwame McCoy was yesterday convicted of assaulting a man by gun-butting him, after an argument over election campaign posters.

At the end of a trial at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry found McCoy guilty of threatening and assaulting Clifton Stewart and ordered him to pay $70,000 in fines or face jail time.

A visibly-displeased McCoy, 36, who was present for the