Barbadian cricketer Shaqkere Parris is fined after admitting to assaulting a taxi driver at a resort in Antigua. The Antigua Observer reports that Parris, 22, appears before Chief Magistrate Ngaio Emanuel with his attorney, Arthur Thomas Jr, and enters a guilty plea to a single charge of battery. The case follows an earlier report that Parris was charged with battery and scheduled to appear in court on Thursday, July 2, after an altercation with a taxi driver at a resort in Antigua.
According to the reports, Parris is a member of the West Indies Academy set-up and has recently toured Sri Lanka with the West Indies Academy squad for a multi-format series. The sources describe the matter as involving a physical assault on the taxi driver at the resort. The reporting does not indicate additional charges or other parties being pursued. The final outcome described in the coverage is that Parris is fined following his guilty plea.
