Real estate agent charged for threatening to kill Minister

Real estate agent Nigel Reid of Princes and Laing Streets, Charlestown Georgetown, who allegedly threatened to kill Junior Minister of Indigenous Peoples Affairs Valarie Garrido-Lowe on August 7 at the Indigenous Peoples Affairs Ministry (MoIPA), appeared on Tuesday before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan on a charge of behaving in a disorderly manner in a public building, thereby breaching the peace.
The 47-year-old Reid denied the charge. He was represented by defence attorney

Tiffany Durant, who, in a bail application, told the court that her client was seeking justice for a rape victim at the MoIPA. The attorney told the court that while at the ministry, her client was encountering some difficulties in getting personnel to take the report, and in frustration he made an outburst. However, Police Prosecutor Deniro Jones told the Chief Magistrate that Reid visited the MoIPA and requested to speak with the minister. However, after being told that the minister was unable to meet with him, he became enraged, began to use indecent language, and behaved in a disorderly manner, prompting the minister to have him escorted from the building. At about 13:15h the said day, Reid reportedly placed a call to the said minister’s secretary, threatening to kill the minister. As such, he was arrested and later charged for the offence. Reid was placed on $10,000 bail and is required to observe the following conditions as terms of his bail: (1) He has to stay at least 50 feet away from the Indigenous Peoples Affairs Ministry; (2) he is required to report to the Alberttown Police Station on a weekly basis; (3) he has been bonded to be of good behaviour.