Trinidadians fined over brawl involving Grenadian athlete Anderson Peters
Published:Wednesday | August 17, 2022 | 11:13 AM
ST GEORGE'S Grenada, CMC – Chief Magistrate Teddy St Louis Wednesday fined four Trinidadians EC$5,500 each after they pleaded guilty to committing grievous harm on Grenada's reigning world javelin champion Anderson Peters.
The four, including Noel Cooper, 42, the captain of the Barbados-owned vessel, Harbour Master, were charged with causing harm with violence and causing grievous harm on the athlete and his brother, Kiddon Peters, who is a police officer, during a brawl on board the vessel last week Wednesday.
They all pleaded guilty during their first appearance in court on Monday and sentencing was adjourned to Wednesday.
Cooper along with the other men, John Alexander, 55, Mikhail John, 35, and 28-year-old Sheon Jack, were fined EC$3,500 each on the charge of causing grievous harm with violence to be paid forthwith or in default jailed for one year.
On the charge of causing harm with violence, they were each fined EC$2,000 also to be paid forthwith or in default spend six months in jail.
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