KINGSTON, Jamaica — A Coaster bus driver who confessed to driving over a policeman’s foot and hitting him with his motor vehicle after he was signalled to stop was fined $50,000 when he appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court yesterday. Claeon Campbell pleaded guilty to the charges of assaulting a police officer and assault occasioning bodily harm. Reports are that on December 30, the policeman, who was on duty in the vicinity of Manor Park in St Andrew, signalled Campbell to stop. However, Campbell disobeyed. Campbell reportedly swung the bus to the left while the officer was still in front of it, causing the wing mirror to hit the officer and the wheel to go over his foot.
When Campbell appeared in court, Senior Resident Magistrate Judith Pusey asked Campbell if there was any reason he should not be sent to jail.
“It wasn’t willfully done,” Campbell said. The policeman told the court that Campbell seemed to have been having a bad day when he signalled him to stop.
“You never see the policeman?” Pusey asked. “Yes your honour, I was trying to take the bus out of the road,” Campbell replied. Campbell was subsequently fined $50,000 or six months. http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/latestnews/Man-fined – 50 – 000-for-driving-over-cop-s-foot