Two Bourda Market vendors have each been ordered to serve 10 hours of community service after a long simmering dispute erupted into physical violence.
James Brown, 34, of Lot 72 Belmont Estate, Mahaica, was charged at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts on Wednesday with unlawfully and maliciously assaulting Karon Whyte. He pleaded not guilty to the charge.
Whyte, 49, of Lot 1114 Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara, was charged with assaulting Brown, causing actual bodily harm. She pleaded “guilty with explanation” to the charge.
