The brother of murder victim Jermaine Pitcher, told Magistrates' Court yesterday that the "grief" made him crack when he uttered threatening words to Police then violently resisted arrest in early September.

Ludulow Pitcher was bound over to good behaviour for 12 months by Magistrate Edward King for the two offences, in which he pleaded guilty.

Pitcher, 30, told Mr. King: "My family's going though a lot of grief right now, so it's not easy. I'm very sorry for my actions that night, I was intoxicated."

Crown counsel Wayne Caines told the court that the offences occurred on September 4, in King's Square in St. George's after Police tried to clear a crowd from the front of the Police station. The incident started when a man blew a conch shell on King's Square and when the Police tried to detain the man, an intoxicated crowd of men and women, "willingly obstructed the Police," said Mr. Caines.

Police backup arrived and the man was detained by the Police but the crowd made their way to the Police station, Mr. Caines told Mr. King.

Police ordered the crowd to disperse but Pitcher remained in front of the Police station.

When Police moved to arrest Pitcher, he said: "I will f*** you up. My brother died last year, why don't you f***ing go look for the killer. I will f*** you up.

Pitcher pointed his index finger to the Police and said: "Do not put your f***ing hands on me."

When Pitcher, of Mount Road in St. George's, tried to flee he tripped and slammed into the pavement. He suffered two cuts, one above his eye and the other on his elbow.

As he was handcuffed, Pitcher began to kick and flail. Police backup arrived and carried Pitcher into the St. George's Police station.

Mr. Caines recommended a conditional discharge, considering the Pitcher family's "situation".