Inspector ‘Gold Teeth’ Glasgow wins appeal

Inspector “Calvin Gold Teeth” Glasgow has won an appeal against a decision by former Chief Magistrate Sonya Young, that during a sitting of the Serious Offences Court in January 2014, he had been in contempt of court.

Justice Esco Lorene Henry delivered her ruling in favour of Glasgow, {{more}}on Monday at a sitting of the High Court. The court found that Young exceeded her jurisdiction when she founded the veteran police officer guilty of contempt. 

The judge therefore quashed Glasgow’s conviction and made an order for him to be refunded the $200 fine he had paid. He was also awarded costs. 

Glasgow was represented by counsel Kay Bacchus-Browne and Nicole Sylvester.

On January 22, 2014, at the Serious Offences Court, Glasgow was held in contempt of court by the then Chief Magistrate after he admitted to sucking his teeth in court.

“In these cases, you have to give the person the right to be heard and she did not give a right to be heard. She simply fined him and did not allow him to explain. So she exceeded the jurisdiction there. The procedure was wrong anyway, even if she had the jurisdiction for contempt. He was not even given the right to retain counsel,” Bacchus-Browne told SEARCHLIGHT yesterday.

The appeal was heard on July 16, at the High Court’s Office in Kingstown.

The Crown and the former Chief Magistrate were represented by Anneke Russell from Duane Daniel’s chambers.