A teacher has been sentenced to eight weeks’ imprisonment for assaulting a Police rank, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) said on Friday.
Shameer Basika, a 29-year-old from Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara (ECD), was arrested for the offence on Emancipation Day, August 1.
Basika was charged with assaulting a peace officer, contrary to Section 28 (b) of the Summary Jurisdiction (Offences) Act, Chapter 8:02.
When he appeared at the Sparendaam Magistrates’ Courts, he pleaded not guilty to the charge which was read to him by Magistrate Ruschelle Liverpool.
And consequently, the custodial sentence was imposed upon him. (G1)
