Corentyne labourer remanded after admitting to assaulting cop

A 36-year-old Corentyne labourer has been remanded to prison after admitting to offences involving a police officer while denying several charges involving another, following a confrontation during a traffic enforcement exercise that allegedly left a policeman injured and police equipment damaged.

Withney Harvey, of Number 51 Village, Corentyne, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne), appeared before Magistrate Tuanna Hardy at the Whim Magistrate’s Court on Friday, where he faced 11 charges arising from the incident.

The charges include two counts each of assault causing actual bodily harm, assaulting a peace officer, resisting a peace officer and obstructing a peace officer, along with single counts of damage to property and disorderly behaviour.