Security guard charged with assaulting bar employee
-Keithley Liburd accused of assaulting female bar employee
Police yesterday, January 11, 2022, formally charged Keithley Liburd, 47, of Lower Estate with assaulting a female employee of a bar in Purcell Estate. Photo: VINO/File
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Police yesterday, January 11, 2022, formally charged Keithley Liburd, 47, of Lower Estate with assaulting a female employee of a bar in Purcell Estate.
According to the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) today, January 12, 2022, the charge of assault occasioning actual bodily harm stemmed from an altercation between the two, captured on video, as she was being escorted outside and away from the premises.
Police said the female employee later laid a complaint against Liburd who was, at the time, providing security services for the establishment.
Liburd was granted bail in the sum of $3,000 with a signed surety to appear before the Magistrate’s Court on March 1, 2022.
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25 Responses to “Security guard charged with assaulting bar employee”
A woman will always be a woman (physically) regardless of how she acts. You are trying to rationalize the Security Guard's disturbing, abusive, and uncalled for behavior. A Man should never let his hand on a woman unless it is in self defense.
The Guard is in trouble and here is why:
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Security guard is in a position of power and should never abuse that power. A simple restraint would have been all that was necessary after all he is twice her size and he had backup.
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This was his Co-worker. That is how you deal with a Co-worker?
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His fellow Security guard tried to intervene and stop him but he refused to stop. He clearly has anger management issues and I would be very surprised if this is the first time that he has laid his hands on a woman.
Finally the only reason why there is little outrage is because the lady is a stripper and from Jamaica but violence against women in any form should never be tolerated in our society. Be that as it may he is innocent until proven guilty so let us see how the case goes.