A bus conductor was on Thursday in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court reprimanded and discharged after appearing before Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton on a charge of behaving disorderly in a public place.
According to the charge, on Wednesday in Hadfield Street, Georgetown, Emerson Kendal behaved disorderly in a public place.
Police prosecutor Simone Payne said that on the day in question the defendant was observed in Hadfield Street by Police Superintendent Kissoon who was dressed in civilian clothes abusing the driver of a minibus.
The officer then identified himself to the defendant who continued to behave in a disorderly manner, causing other persons to be distracted. Kendal was arrested and taken to Brickdam Police Station where he was charged with the offence.
Kendal pleaded guilty to the charge and said that his actions resulted from being upset over the loss of a passenger due to the driver’s loss of focus.
The magistrate said that she understood the circumstances but warned him to be of good behaviour as there will be bad days and he should not find himself acting in that matter or more so appearing before her again since she doesn’t forget.
