Driver?s $600 chance

A banned driver who ?took a chance? when he got behind the wheel found himself in court this week.

Perfume factory worker Pedro Nuno Medeiros was barred from the road for a year last June.

He went before Magistrates? Court on Monday and said that he ignored the ban on March 20. He said Police stopped him after he moved his car a short distance near his home to allow a trailer to pass.

?I took a chance and got punished for it, basically,? he told Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner.

Medeiros, 27, of Highland Lane, Hamilton, admitted driving while disqualified and was fined $600.

Three face weapons charges

Two men appeared in court on machete charges on Tuesday.

Kerwin Alexander Bean was accused of possessing a machete in Middle Terrace, Pembroke, on April 3. Bean, 49, of Friswells Hill, denied the charge when he appeared in Magistrates? Court. His case was adjourned until April 25 and he was given $10,000 conditional bail.

In a separate case, Shomari Sylvester Russell was charged with possession of a bladed article. He denied carrying a wooden-handled machete, with a 20-inch cutting edge, at The Glebe Road, Pembroke, on January 28.

His case was adjourned until July 4. The 22-year-old, from The Glebe Road, was given $5,000 conditional bail.

And on Monday, a Pembroke man charged with carrying a machete in public was remanded in custody.

David Jahwell Cox, 26, of Orchard Grove, Pembroke, denied possessing a bladed article on Parliament Street on April 6.

Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner rejected his bail application and adjourned the case until April 24.

Man fined for obstucting Police

Pushing a Police officer into the road has landed a Warwick man behind bars.

Raymond Rogers appeared in court on Monday and admitted obstructing an officer carrying out a drugs search and violently resisting arrest.

Crown counsel Anthony Blackman said Police were patrolling Middle Road, Warwick, just after midday on Saturday when they saw three men sitting on a wall near Khyber Pass.

Seeing the patrol car, the prosecutor said one of the men threw an item from the wall and the defendant was later seen picking something up from behind the wall, before putting it in a jacket he was carrying and walking away.

The court heard Rogers was ?nervous? and ?fidgety? when stopped and refused to be searched by Police. Mr. Blackman said the defendant pulled away from officers and ran south down Middle Road, before being stopped and arrested. The prosecutor said a ?violent struggle? then started as Rogers pushed the officer and tried again to escape.

Rogers, defending himself, told the court that Police had deliberately picked on him, and he said the young officer should have shown some respect for his elders.

He said he was defending himself when he threw the officer in the road and added: ?He was out of order?.

Rogers, 51, of St. Mary?s Road, Warwick, was fined a total of $700. Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner said the fine had to be paid on Monday. When the defendant said he could not afford to stump up the cash immediately, Mr. Warner said he must serve 30 days in jail.

As he was led from court by Police, a clearly annoyed Rogers branded Mr. Warner ?wicked?.