Spanish Town Mayor Norman Scott’s assault charges dismissed after St Elizabeth mediation

Spanish Town Mayor Norman Scott is no longer before the court on assault-related allegations, after the Balaclava Criminal Court in St Elizabeth threw out the case on Tuesday following successful mediation.

Scott had faced charges of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and malicious destruction of property in connection with an incident at a polling station on September 3, 2025, the day of the parliamentary election.

The complaint arose from a confrontation at BB Coke High School in the St Elizabeth South Eastern constituency, where Scott was running as the People’s National Party candidate. Reports said the disagreement involved time limits at the polling location, and that Scott was accused of hitting Jamaica Labour Party election supervisor Julie Francis and breaking her glasses.

Scott denied the allegations. His lawyer, Charles ‘Advoket’ Ganga-Singh, argued during the case that Scott had been attacked without provocation by a crowd and had made his own report to the police.

At a previous hearing, Senior Parish Court Judge Steve Stewart sent the matter to mediation after both sides agreed to try settling it without a trial.

When the matter returned to court on Tuesday, the judge was told that mediation had ended successfully and that an agreement had been reached. The charges against Scott were then dismissed.

Ganga-Singh, speaking after the decision, said the parties were satisfied with the result and that the issue should now be considered finished. Scott, who remains mayor of Spanish Town, did not have to answer further to the charges because the mediation process had resolved the matter.