A St George’s man was ordered to pay more than $1,000 in restitution after cracking another man’s car windshield with a bottle.

Glen Fox, 50, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to charges of assault and causing wilful damage in connection to the incident, which occurred on March 24.

The court heard that at around 5.30pm that day the complainant, Don Wynn, drove to Clarence Street in St George where he was confronted by Fox. During an ensuing argument, Fox pushed Mr Wynn.

Mr Wynn later got into his vehicle to leave as Fox continued to shout insults towards him.

Mr Wynn began to drive away, but stopped to respond, at which point Fox threw a beer bottle at him.

The bottle passed through the driver’s side window but missed Mr Wynn, instead striking and cracking the vehicle’s windshield.

Appearing in court on Thursday, Fox pleaded guilty, explaining that Mr Wynn had called him a thief.

“The guy came in my yard and called me a thief,” he said. “It was the pot calling the kettle black.”

Magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo told the defendant: “The assault in this case was on the low end.

“It was minor, but the throwing of the bottle ... you are just lucky. You could have hit him in the head and knocked him out and got yourself in much more trouble.”

Mr Tokunbo placed Fox on 12 months’ probation, ordering that he pay Mr Wynn $1,115 in reparations through the courts to cover the cost of the damage to the windshield.

Also appearing in court this week was Jamal Manders, 44, who pleaded guilty to two counts of using offensive words and one count of disobeying a traffic sign.

The court heard that at around 9pm on May 18, officers were on duty on Reid Street when they saw Manders riding in a westerly direction down the road, with the flow of traffic.

With the officers looking on, Manders then performed a U-turn, and began to travel in the wrong direction.

The officers stopped him and spoke to him about his driving but Manders became irate, shouting at the police: “F*** you and your f***ing magistrate.”

He was warned that using offensive words was an offence, but reportedly continued to shout and curse, telling the officers he would make them “lose their teeth”.

Appearing in court yesterday, Manders apologised to Mr Tokunbo, who fined him $300 for each count of offensive words and $100 for disobeying a traffic sign.

Meanwhile Coltrane Ratteray, 49, was charged with three counts of trespassing and one of prowling about a dwelling house. He was not required to plea as the matters must be heard by the Supreme Court. Prosecutors allege that Mr Ratteray entered a Warwick home as a trespasser on the evening of April 28 with the intent of stealing and causing bodily harm.

Around two weeks later, on May 14, he allegedly prowled around a home on Spring Hill Close and entered another as a trespasser.

The final charge relates to an incident on May 18, for which he has been charged with entering as a trespasser in a Warwick home. Mr Tokunbo remanded Mr Ratteray into custody until July 1, when he is set to appear in the monthly arraignments session.

•It is The Royal Gazette’s policy not to allow comments on stories regarding criminal court cases. As we are legally liable for any slanderous or defamatory comments made on our website, this move is for our protection as well as that of our readers.