A teenager who admitted threatening a police officer was issued a conditional discharge and ordered to take an anger management programme.

Oliver Rodriguez Ramos, 17, of Pembroke, admitted assaulting a police officer and uttering threatening words during a court appearance in March.

At that time, Magistrates’ Court heard that police were called to an incident in Pembroke on March 7. While there, Ramos allegedly said to the officers: “F*** off. I hate the f*****g police. I’m going to get you.

“You think you’re bad — you’re not the only ones with guns. You know what we do with police in the DR?”

Returning to court yesterday for sentencing, Ramos said he made a mistake and had lashed out at Police because he was in physical pain.

“I was angry,” he said. “I was in pain from what they done to me so I got angry. I don’t rep no gang.”

However Magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo said that Ramos began to curse at officers before they touched him, and that he only apologised in court after being told to do so by duty counsel.

“You need to understand that the kind of language you engaged in is very serious,” Mr Tokunbo said. “You cannot tell people that you have a gun and you will take them out, not here and not in the Dominican Republic.

“That’s deeply criminal behaviour. That’s not a mistake.”

Mr Tokunbo released Ramos on 12-month conditional discharge on the conditions that he submit to an anger management programme and stay out of trouble.

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