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Activist Alyssa Phillip and her mother Camille Caresquero pleaded not guilty to two offences yesterday after she appeared before Magistrate Indira Misir-Gosine.
The mother and daughter were charged with disorderly behaviour and influencing public opinion in a manner that is prejudicial to public safety under the Emergency Powers Regulation and face a total of $100,200 and five years and two months in prison.
According to the Summary Offences Act: “Any person who, in any street or other public place, whether a building or not, is drunk and disorderly, or who in any street or public place, is drunk while in charge of any vehicle or cattle, or is guilty of any riotous, indecent, or disorderly behaviour, or of insulting, obstructing, or annoying any passenger therein, or who, in any Government Office, Summary Court, or Police Station, or in any place of public entertainment, is guilty of riotous, indecent or disorderly behaviour, is liable to a fine of two hundred dollars or to imprisonment for two months.”
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