Despite assault of cop, mother in custody battle gets second chance

Days after being reprimanded and discharged over using abusive language and damage to property, a woman re-appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton on a charge that she assaulted a police officer.

Avenel Innis admitted that she assaulted Police Constable Kizzy Roberts on August 24, thereby causing bodily harm.

The prosecution stated that on the day in question, after she was reprimanded at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, Innis went to Lot 2334 Stevedore Housing Scheme in search of her daughter,