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Sandys man jailed for threatening police

A Sandys man was jailed for three months following an early-morning tirade against police.Mendell Outerbridge, 30, was a passenger in a car when it was pulled over by patrolling officers concerned about how it was being driven.Prosecutor Nicole Smith told Magistrates’ Court that Outerbridge got out of the car and swore at the officers, ignoring their warning not to use offensive language.“What the f*** are you stopping me for?” he asked. “I don’t have a warrant out. F*** you all p*****s. I will f*** you up. I don’t give a f***.”Outerbridge continued to shout and struggle once arrested and throughout the ride from Malabar Road in Sandys to Hamilton Police Station.Ms Smith said he warned the officers: “I’m going to f*** you up. I know where you live. I f***ed up police already and I’m going to do it again.”The incident took place around 1.24am yesterday.He appeared in court just hours after his arrest for using offensive words and threatening words towards police.Outerbridge pleaded guilty to the offence but insisted he wasn’t the type of person to use derogatory words to a “person of the law”.He claimed the police officer involved had been harassing people in the West End.“I don’t know why they are worrying about words,” he said. “It don’t mean nothing. People are shooting each other. I cannot believe it.”He apologised for the incident after speaking with a duty counsel.The court heard that Outerbridge has several previous convictions.He was sentenced to a year in prison for assaulting police in 2004.In 2008 he was convicted of causing Raymond Curtis’ death through dangerous driving.Mr Curtis was run over as he lay in the middle of Malabar Road.Outerbridge had no drivers’ licence or insurance at that time and failed to report the accident.Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner noted Outerbridge’s guilty plea, but said he did not believe the defendant was remorseful.He described his statements and outbursts in the court as arrogant.“One would notice that the nature of count two is that when threatening a police officer, he referred to that previous conviction that he has done it already,” Mr Warner said. “There was no indication that this was in a fit of passion.”Mr Warner sentenced Outerbridge to 90 days in prison for threatening police and 30 days for using offensive words. He did not specify if the sentences were to run concurrently or consecutively.