Contractor fined $80k after pleading guilty to assaulting off-duty police officer

A 33-year-old Corriverton contractor on Thursday changed his plea to guilty to assaulting an off-duty police officer and was fined $80,000 by Magistrate Tuanna Hardy. Nicolas Matthews of Number 77 Housing Scheme, Corriverton, was scheduled to begin trial at the Springlands Magistrate’s Court when he informed the court that he wanted to change his plea. […]