Policeman lost tooth during attempt to arrest suspect – court told

A man who hit a policeman causing him to lose a tooth appeared before Magistrate Dylan Bess on an assault charge at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.
It is alleged that on December 22, 2015, at Camp Street, Georgetown, Shaquille Wilburg assaulted Stefan Sobers with intent to cause actual bodily harm.
Wilburg, 19, pleaded guilty with explanation to the offence. In his explanation to the court, he stated that on the day in question, he went to visit a friend at Camp Street, when Sobers, a Police Officer, stopped him to enquire where he was going.
According to the prosecution’s case, Wilburg failed to answer the officer, who was in his uniform at the said time, and an altercation ensued.
As a result of the altercation, the Virtual Complainant (VC) lost a tooth.
The defendant, who seemed remorseful, professed, during his explanation to the Court, that it was not his intention to harm the VC in any way as he was just reacting to the situation in the spur of the moment.
The VC when given an opportunity to speak sternly indicated to the Magistrate that he would like the defendant to pay all expenses for the replacement of his tooth, a demand to which the defendant readily agreed.
Before Magistrate Bess made a decision on the case, he asked Wilburg if he had anything else to say to the VC. “Yes, I am sorry for what happen to you and I didn’t mean for all of that to happen,” he replied.
Wilburg was then ordered to pay all expenses for the replacement of Sobers’ tooth and fined ,000, with a default sentence of six months in prison.