Miner jailed for assaulting cops

Jailed: Alex Benjamin

A miner who assault ranks of the Aurora Police Station, Essequibo Coast, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam), has been jailed.
Alex Benjamin appeared at the Suddie Magistrate’s Court on Friday, where he admitted that, on April 1, he assaulted three officers from the Police Station and the Richard Faikal Academy. He was also charged for resisting arrest.
The 25-year-old resident of Onderneeming Sand Pit, Essequibo Coast was jailed for three months for each of the charges by Magistrate Tamieka Clarke. The magistrate ordered that the sentences run concurrently.