A security guard, who refused to give a schoolgirl a seat in a pastry shop, was fined when he appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Wednesday.

Julius Roderiques pleaded guilty to assault at common law and possession of an offensive weapon.

The complaint, who is a high-school student, told the court that on the day of the incident, she and her friend went to a pastry shop in Half-Way Tree to purchase pastry.

unruly manner

She alleges that her friend asked the man for a seat and he became annoyed and started to behave in an unruly manner. She said she went and asked him why he was behaving like that and he pulled a knife and threatened to punch her wig off her head.

The complainant said she threatened to call the police and went on her cellular phone and pretended as if she was speaking with one. She said she went outside and saw a security guard and told him about the incident. But the guard said he could not leave his post at the time. The complainant saw a policeman passing and he dealt with the matter.

not a gentleman

The accused, however, said that after the complainant's friend asked him for the seat and he refused, they began to abuse him and said he was not a gentleman. Roderiques admitted that he had the knife, which he used on the job.

After listening to both sides of the argument, RM Brown said he was not going to sentence him for the assault, but fined him $2,000 or 10 days for possession of an offensive weapon.