Eighteen-year-old Sanjay Johnson of Shrewsbury district, Brompton, St Elizabeth, was sentenced to three years' probation yesterday.

On March 5, he appeared before the St Elizabeth Circuit Court, where he pleaded guilty to knowingly possessing identity information.

Johnson was held on Friday, December 19, 2014, during an operation carried out by the St Elizabeth Proactive Investigations Unit (PIU).

Reports are that about 9:30 p.m., the team executed a search warrant at a premises where he was seen. During the search, lottery-scamming paraphernalia were found in a wallet owned by Johnson. He was subsequently taken into custody.

Security guard pleads not guilty to assault

A security guard accused of using excessive force after he beat a man he labelled a homosexual, and made claims of dislike towards him, will have to wait a while longer before his fate is decided.

Charged with wounding is Marvin Higgins, who pleaded not guilty to the offence.

The complainant told the court that he was standing alone on Ash Wednesday waiting for friends when he was attacked by the guard.

"Him say him nuh like me, and me a homosexual. Him hit mi with the pipe and ran off when he saw the blood,"the complainant said to the court.

Senior Resident Magistrate Judith Pusey said, "Too many times we hear about excessive security guards!"

Higgins is to return to court on April 21, as the medical report was outstanding.

A fingerprint order was also made against him.