GLEANER photographer Ricardo Makyn who was slapped with a range of charges while on duty at a shooting scene in Half-Way-Tree last month will return to court on May 6 for trial.

Makyn – who is charged with using abusive language, disobeying an order to move on and assault – appeared in the Petty Sessions section of the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court Wednesday.

The complainant, Constable Carlton Erquart of the St Andrew Central police, is contending that Makyn assaulted him after he instructed him to stop taking pictures at a scene in Half-Way-Tree, St Andrew after a policeman shot and killed a man who he said attempted to disarm him of his service revolver.

Following an alleged altercation, Makyn was hauled off to the Half-Way-Tree Police Station where he was charged with the offences.

Makyn, who is represented by attorneys Shena Stubbs and Ann Marie Jordan, pleaded not guilty to all the charges.

The matter was presided over by Lay Magistrates Glen Bromfield and Rupert Young.