PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) ––

Magistrate Maureen Baboolal-Gafoor Monday slapped fines totalling TT$27,200 on Soca star Machel Montano, who had been found guilty of assaulting four people and using obscene language outside a night club in 2007. (One TT dollar = US$0.16 cents)

Montano, was fined TT$13, 700 dollars and also has to pay $TT13, 500 in compensation to the victims of the brawl.

Machel Montano