Contractor pleads guilty to assault and use of threatening language

Michael Alphonsa Harris pleaded guilty to using threatening language and assaulting Senator Lisa Cummins on September 5 when he appeared in court today.

He will spend the night in custody to allow Magistrate Jared Richards time to research the penalties associated with the charges, but both he and his attorney Richard Ellis have begged the court for leniency.

The court heard that Harris, 56, of Seales Ave, Goodland, St Michael, was shopping in Terrific Tiles to complete work on the Springer Memorial School in time for the reopening of school today when he saw Cummins.