“The door ain’t strong because I give it an easy kick and it fall off. I gon provide them with a proper door and if anybody kick it they will break their foot,” were the words of a man who was charged with damage to property and disorderly behaviour.
Calvin Francis, 29, appeared before Principal Magistrate Faith McGusty in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Courts where he was slapped with charges.
The first charge stated that on September 18, 2019, at the East LaPenitence, Police Station, he unlawfully and maliciously damaged one panel door valued $22,000, the property of the Guyana Police Force (GPF).
It was further alleged that on the same day, and at the same location, Francis behaved in a disorderly manner.
Francis pleaded guilty with explanation to the charges after they were read to him.
In his explanation, he stated, “My big woman friend tricked me and carry me to the station because her six-year-old granddaughter told her I touched her. When I reach the station, the police start beat me with a baton so I start fuh cuss up and behave bad. I fly in passion and kick down the door.”
Francis added, “I ain’t want to go to jail because when yuh go in deh and them boys hear is fuh rape, or beating yuh wife yuh does have to sleep with yuh eyes open. Your worship I spend time in jail already them boys does beat yuh bad. I gone give the police a proper door.”
The Magistrate, after listening to the defendant sentenced him to perform 14 days of community service at the East LaPenitence Police Station.
