Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton yesterday discharged James Emmanuel Hutson, a man shot by police while in possession of a screwdriver, saying that lawmen failed to substantiate their claim that it was an offensive weapon.
A wounded Hutson, called ‘Buffo,’ was, however, remanded to prison on charges that he escaped police custody and that he assaulted a police constable.
Hutson, who walked with the aid of crutches, was shot in his right foot and the wound was exposed and severely swollen when he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday. Blood oozed and dripped steadily from
