The assault charges against the trio who were accused of attacking Tiffany Hinds, a teacher of St Agnes Primary in an incident that stemmed from a fight involving two pupils, were yesterday dismissed in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
At the conclusion of the trial, Attorney Latchmi Rahamat for the accused Sherwin Dalrymple, Soyini Gardner and Kandace Peters, put forward a no-case submission which was upheld by Magistrate Annette Singh.
It was alleged that Dalrymple on January 15 at St Agnes Primary School, at Church and Thomas streets, provoked the teacher, Tiffani Hinds with intent to provoke or annoy her. It was also alleged that he assaulted Hinds on the same day at the same location. Gardner was also charged. The charge alleged on the same day at the school, she unlawfully assaulted Hinds, so as to cause her actual bodily harm. She was additionally charged with unlawfully and maliciously damaging an acrylic denture, valued $12,000, property of Hinds.
