A man who ran his handcart over a policeman’s foot after he was instructed to stop in downtown, Kingston recently was fined $15,000 when he appeared in court on Friday.

Admitting that he apologised to the policeman “multiple times” Tavoy McLean told the court that it was an accident.

McLean, a resident of Guy’s Hill in St Mary explained to the court that he was transporting his customer and their belongings along a roadway when the police told him that it was a one-way street.

The 22-year-old man said an argument developed between him and the policeman who was heading in the same direction.

He said that when the policeman removed is baton from his waste he pointed at him and said: “Do not hit me.”

Arguing that he did not run the handcart over the lawman’s foot deliberately, he said, he tried to remove the cart.

“Did he apologize to you?” Parish Judge Vaughn Smith asked the policeman.

“One time, ” the policeman replied.

Noting that he was unable to determine if McLean’s apology was sincere, Smith told him to apologise, which he did.

McLean, who pleaded guilty before the prosecution began reading the allegation was fined $10,000 for assault occasioning bodily harm and $5,000 for common assault.