Lindeners charged for assaulting cops

– Corentyne teen slapped with wounding charge

A man and a woman were on Thursday released on bail after they denied assaulting Police ranks.
Twenty-four-year-old Rondel Rodney and 58-year-old Jacqueline Payne were arraigned before Magistrate Dylon Bess at the Linden Magistrate’s Court.
The former defendant, a miner of 265 One Mile Wismar, Linden, Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice), was slapped with three counts of assault and three counts of assault causing actual bodily harm. The charges are in relation to him attacking a Police rank.
The defendant pleaded not guilty and placed on bail in the sum of $120,000. He will return to court on October 12.
The latter defendant, 58-year-old Jacqueline Payne of 265 One Mile Wismar, Linden, Region 10, is accused of assaulting a Police officer as well as resisting arrest. She denied both charges during her appearance before Magistrate Bess, and was placed on $40,000 bail.
It is alleged that on September 5, at Linden, she assaulted a Police officer who was acting in the execution of her duties. It is further alleged that on the same day and at the same location, she assaulted the Police officer in an attempt to prevent lawful apprehension.
Payne’s next court date is October 12.
Meanwhile, a teenager who is accused of wounding a 58-year -old man has been placed on $150,000 bail. Andrew Moore, 19, of Line Path Skeldon, Corriverton, East Berbice appeared before Magistrate Alex Moore at the Number 51 Magistrate’s Court on the Corentyne.
He was not required to plead to the indictable charge, which stated that on September 6, 2021, in Berbice, he inflicted grievous bodily harm on 56-year-old Dyanand Shiwamber.
He entered a not-guilty plea, and his case has been adjourned until November 1.