Duo released on $30,000 bail for assaulting WCB teacher

Tray McPherson and Dishon Daniels were on Thursday charged for assaulting Marlon Daniels, a teacher attached to the Fort Wellington Secondary School, West Coast Berbice, on Monday last.
These two men appeared before Magistrate Peter Hugh at the Fort Wellington Magistrate’s Court and were granted bail in the sum of $15,000 each.McPherson has additionally been charged with unlawful and malicious damage to property.
The two have been ordered to stay 50 feet away from the virtual complainant, and their case has been adjourned until March 30.
It was reported that on the day in question, Marlon Daniels was teaching a class when a male fourth-form student reportedly cursed him. As such, he escorted the student to the principal’s office. While there, the student reportedly continued using a series of expletives, during which he told Marlon Daniels and several other teachers that he would bring his uncle to the school to “deal” with them.
Marlon Daniels was attacked at a document centre near the school. It is alleged that the student, along with his uncle and four other male adults, beat the teacher with their fists and a steel bar. It is also alleged that they verbally abused the teacher.
The teacher received injuries to his back, face, and arms, for which he had to seek medical attention.
Only last month, Steve Dick, a construction worker of Turkeyen, East Coast Demerara, was charged for allegedly assaulting a public-school teacher. Dick was taken before Magistrate Alisha George at the Sparendaam Magistrates’ Courts. He denied the charge, which stated that he unlawfully and maliciously assaulted Shawn Marshall on January 11, 2023 so as to cause him actual bodily harm.
Dick has been placed on $40,000, and instructed to return to court on March 23.
According to reports, Dick, a parent of a pupil who attends the Graham’s Hall Primary School, Greater Georgetown, physically assaulted the graduate teacher. It is unclear what led to the alleged assault, but Marshall reportedly had to be taken to the hospital after the incident.
Also in February, a 29-year-old cosmetologist accused of assaulting a teacher of the St Angela’s Primary School in Georgetown appeared in court and was placed on $50,000 bail.
Ashelle Clement of Lot 14 Dowding Street, Kitty, Georgetown was not been required to plead to the indictable charge when she appeared before the Chief Magistrate at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. It is alleged that on January 12, 2023, at St Angela’s Primary School, she unlawfully assaulted Nicasey Barker, a teacher, so as to cause her actual bodily harm.
The Education Ministry has condemned the frequent physical attacks on educators, and has warned that persons engaging in such acts would face the full brunt of the law.