Bar owner fined for battering man

A bar owner was fined yesterday after admitting that he initiated a fight with another man who he said had been haunting the exterior of his business for two years.

Othneil Wayne pleaded guilty to assaulting Ralph Peters, 62, when both men were arraigned on unlawful assault charges before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

Wayne explained to the magistrate that he felt his actions were warranted given the situation. He explained that Peters has been in front of his business on 78 Robb Street every day for two years and that the man would make customers feel very uncomfortable. He related that on April 21, he received a complaint from a customer about