Beenie Man being processed by the police at a police station in St Elizabeth on January 1 of this year.
Dancehall star Beenie Man was slapped with a $150,000 fine in the St Elizabeth Parish Court on Monday after pleading guilty on April 19 for breaching the Disaster Risk Management Act (DRMA). Beenie Man was fined $150,000 and the maximum fine at the time the offence was committed was $250,000, so we can live with that, attorney-at-law Roderick Gordon told Loop News.
An additional charge of breaching the Noise Abatement Act was thrown out during the deejay s last court appearance.
The ‘Sim Simma’ deejay was slapped with the two charges in connection with an event in Shrewsbury district in St Elizabeth on November 29.
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Patrick Roberts
Patrick Roberts, chief executive officer of Shocking Vibes Production, is maintaining his innocence relating to recent fraud charges. This matter has now transitioned to court. Beyond repeating the sentiments of my client that he did absolutely nothing wrong and noting that he is resolute in this, I have no further comments to make at this time, Roberts lawyer, Queen s counsel Peter Champagnie told
Loop News.
Roberts will face the charges in the Corporate Area court on June 24.
He retained Champagnie earlier this week after he was hit with a battery of charges including forgery, conspiracy to defraud and obtaining money by false pretence.
Beenie Man
Dancehall veteran Beenie Man owes his four decades of success to incredible work ethic and a penchant for causing controversy every now and then. That’s the case with many of his hits including the international smash
Who Am I, better known as
Sim Simma, that essentially launched him on his prolific, Grammy-winning trajectory. Culturally, the ’90s were a different context altogether, and back then fans and critics alike took issue with the tricky lines “how could I make love to a fellow? / In a rush, pass me the keys to my truck”.
Though he had the chance, and was even urged to change the lyrics by the track’s producer Jeremy Harding, Beenie Man saw the controversy as a major selling point; not only was he right, but he’s been handsomely rewarded.
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