Vulcanizing shop workers claim self-defence in assault case

Two vulcanizing shop attendants, charged with assaulting a man, yesterday said that they acted in self-defence, after he approached them with an ice-pick and demanded that they patch the wheel of his bicycle.

Kevin Griffith, 22, of Lot 62 Queen Street Kitty, and Michael Perry, 45, of ‘E’ Field Sophia, both employees of the Clear Max Vulcanizing shop on South Road, were charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm upon Garfield Laminson, when they appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Although the men pleaded guilty to the assault, not guilty pleas were