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Drunk Corporal Discharged His Weapon Negligently?
Mon, November 24, 2014
And it didn't make news last week but another Corporal was criminally charged. Details are somewhat sketchy but a corporal Cobarubia attached to the Belmopan police station. According to reports he was intoxicated and refused to pay a taxi-driver who he had hired to give him a ride home on Thursday night. When the police man told him he owed him 7 dollars for the ride - and instead the Corporal let loose with 7 shots from his service weapon.

He was charged disciplinarily and criminally for Common assault damage to property discharging a firearm in public obtaining property by deception.

He was arraigned on Friday - but surprisingly he got bail of one thousand dollars - even thought discharging a firearm is an offence that usually dictates mandatory remand. While we investigate that - we note that the Corporal is a court orderly.

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