St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Charge dropped against vendor accused of wounding PM

In St. Vincent and the Grenadines, the prosecution today withdrew the wounding charge against Annamay Lewis, the woman who was accused of striking Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves in the head during a protest on August 5th.

Yesterday, Lewis’ lawyers Kay Bacchus-Baptiste and Israel Bruce had predicted that the prosecution would drop the charge.

Lewis, a 56 year old vendor of Layou, will only now be tried on a charge that on August 5th in Kingstown, in a public place, to wit White Chapel Road, she threw missiles to the danger of persons who were present.