Dancehall artiste Popcaan was fined $6,000 when he appeared in court docket on Wednesday to reply to fees associated to an incident at his St. Thomas live performance final month.
Popcann pleaded responsible to utilizing indecent language, disorderly conduct, utilizing abusive and calumnious language, and issuing a menace to law enforcement officials. He was fined $1,500 for every of the fees.
He, nevertheless, declined the chance to apologize to the police.
A verbal dispute erupted on stage on the December 23 occasion between the artiste and lawmen, when legislation enforcement pulled the plug on the occasion minutes earlier than 5:00 AM.
Police stated the present was initially scheduled to finish at 4:00 am, and the present benefitted from a bonus hour.
Popcaan, a local of St. Thomas, indicated that he might transfer the occasion to the Nationwide Stadium within the close to future. He stated that St Thomas won’t ever be higher if the parish continues to endure what he believes is unjust remedy from authorities.
The deejay is to return to court docket on February 9 at which period the court docket is predicted to decide concerning breaches of the Noise Abatement Act.
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