ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – A magistrate had remanded into custody a parent who attacked a primary school principal after he had become unhappy with disciplinary action taken against his child.
Michael Samuel will return to court on April 17 after appearing before Chief Magistrate Joanne Walsh on charges of malicious damage to a gold chain, trespassing, and battery.
The school principal, Christopher Roberts, had to be treated at the hospital following the March 8 incident. He had complained of an injury to his shoulder and was released the same day.
Several schools staged sit-ins last Friday last week, demanding improved compound security.
In recent years, corporal punishment in schools has been the subject of much debate in Antigua and Barbuda.
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