Bus driver gets 12-month sentence for chasing cop with cutlass

Collis Whyte, the bus driver who was caught on camera chasing a traffic rank with a cutlass, was on Friday sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment by Magistrate Leron Daly when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.
Whyte pleaded guilty to carrying an offensive weapon, resisting arrest and the use of threatening behaviour for which he was sentenced to 12 months, six months and six months’ imprisonment, respectively.

He further pleaded guilty to the use of indecent language and was fined $10,000.
Meanwhile, Whyte pleaded not guilty to a disorderly behaviour charge and is expected to return to court on May 17, 2021.
Whyte also appeared before Magistrate Clive Nurse where he was slapped with a plethora of other charges. He was charged with four counts of dangerous driving, failure to wear a seatbelt, breach of prescribed fitness, failure to wear a mask, poor conduct of driver and failure to give right of way.
Whyte denied all of the charges and was released on $240,000 bail. In addition, the defendant was also required to pay a fine of $7500 for the failure to wear a seatbelt charge.
The matters before Magistrate Nurse have been adjourned to May 28.
It was previously reported that on April 20, 2021, Police Constable Edwin Connelly was on a motorcycle patrol on Homestretch Avenue when he pulled over the minibus, which had overtaken a line of traffic.
Whyte allegedly exited the bus and proceeded to the left passenger side where he retrieved a cutlass and chased after the cop. In attempts to save his life, the cop had to run away. The incident was, however, caught on camera and took social media by storm.
Whyte was later arrested at his residence in Sophia, Greater Georgetown.