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June-Ann St Jules
June-Ann St. Jules, 43, of Harris Street, Vergenoegen, East Bank Essequibo, and Raul Prince, also 43, of Broad Street, Charlestown, were yesterday granted $65,000 bail after the two made their court appearance before acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson.
The two defendants, on November 26, at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, used insulting, threatening and abusive language to Lisa Lowe, much to the woman’s annoyance, in public.
It is also alleged that, on the same day, they used obscene language to Lowe, occasioning a breach of the peace.
They both pleaded not guilty. According to Lowe, she has received threatening phone calls which have prompted her to resign from her post as a “court reporter”.
However, the two defendants denied any wrongdoing. Prince, however, admitted in “open court” that his sister-in-law, June-Ann, had threatened to “slap Lowe” in the courtyard.
The two were placed on bail and ordered to make their next court appearance on January 27.
Also appearing before Magistrate Robertson was Sylvan Smith, who is accused of acquiring one pair of military boots, property of the Guyana Defence Force, on January 7 last.
He pleaded guilty, and offered an explanation.
According to the defendant, the boots were given to him by a friend some three years ago. When asked by the presiding magistrate to name the friend, Smith said, “Your Worship I can’t remember what is his name, but I know is meh friend give me these boots.”
He further explained that he used the boots to work.
According to Police Prosecutor Sherwin Matthews, on the day in question, at about 17:50 hrs, the police conducted a search, acting upon information they had received. Matthews further told the court that the ranks searched Smith’s home and unearthed the pair of military boots.
After the ranks were finished, he was questioned as to how he acquired the boots. He then told the arresting ranks that he received the pair from a friend. He was later told of the offence and charged.
The defendant was fined $20,000, with an alternative of three months’ imprisonment.
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