By STACY MOORE Saturday, April 18 2009

ENVIRONMENTALIST Michael Parris spent Thursday night behind bars in the Couva Police Station after he was arrested by police for erecting placards on TTEC poles to protest against the Summit of the Americas currently taking place in Port-of-Spain

Parris, 24, of Temple Street,Couva, yesterday appeared before a Justice of the Peace in the Couva Magistrate’s Court on the charge of placarding under Section 45 (D) of the Summary Offences Act.

The charge alleged that at about 10.30 pm on Thursday, Parris used a ladder and climbed several electricity poles in districts in Couva and San Fernando, and stuck some 40 placards.

Parris was arrested and charged by PC Cleon John of the Gran Couva Police Station.

He spent a night in a cell inside the Couva Police Station.

Yesterday, police officers escorted him to the Couva Magistrate’s court where he appeared before a Justice of Peace who placed him on his own bond of $100,000.

He was represented by former trade unionist, attorney Clyde Weatherhead.

Parris will appear in court on Monday to answer the charge.