Four men arrested for allegedly taking part in what prosecutors called a "riot" at Number One Shed in the early hours of Sunday morning all pleaded not guilty in Plea Court yesterday to charges of assaulting Police officers and resisting arrest.

David Jahwell Cox, Devaun Jahmal Cox, Kenneth Eugene Brangman and John Stephen Glasgow all appeared in court charged in connection with the incident at a reggae party on Front Street.

David Cox was the first of the four to be charged in Magistrates' Court yesterday, pleading not guilty to counts of the unlawful assault of two Police officers and violently resisting arrest.

Cox's younger brother, Devaun Jahmal Cox, 19, also pleaded not guilty to a charge of violently resisting arrest and a charge of taking part in a riot.

A third man, John Stephen Glasgow, 21, of Warwick, was charged with causing bodily harm to two Police officers and taking part in a riot. He pleaded not guilty to charges of causing bodily harm, but pleaded guilty to participating in the riot itself. He will not be sentenced, however, until after his trial on the other counts.

Finally, the fourth man, Kenneth Eugene Brangman, 30, of Pembroke, pleaded not guilty to using threatening words to Police, causing bodily harm to an officer, and taking part in a riot.

Police were called to Number One Shed around 1.30 a.m., where a reggae party was being held by the production companies Magnum Force (MF) and Wild Apache. During the incident three officers were injured, some requiring hospital treatment.

The trial for the four was set down for April 8 at 9.30 am.m. in Magistrates Court. All four were released on bail for $1,000 each.

Also yesterday, Brangman pleaded guilty to an unrelated charge of having a gram of 79 percent cocaine in his possession along Longbridge Pass in Devonshire on September 8 of last year.

He was fined $1,000 for the possession, then a further $1,000 for being within 300 metres of the Education Centre, an increased penalty zone. Brangman has until February 21 to pay the fine on the possession, and March 14 to pay the fine for the increased penalty zone, or Acting Magistrate Carlisle Greaves promised he would spend 90 days in jail.