The trial of Marc Bean continued yesterday, with MP Nandi Outerbridge telling the court she was offended by the Opposition Leader’s comments.

While Mrs Outerbridge alleged that Mr Bean called herself and fellow One Bermuda Alliance member Toni Daniels “those political whores”, she said she did not recall Mr Bean repeating the comment or using profanity.

Mr Bean has denied charges of using offensive or insulting language towards Ms Daniels in an incident outside a Sandys polling station on November 6 last year.

Last week, Ms Daniels told the court Mr Bean had repeatedly called her a “f***ing political whore” during a tirade that sparked laughter from other members of the Progressive Labour Party.

She said Mr Bean continued to tell the crowd he would pay “ten cents a lick” and pass her around, causing her to call him disgusting and inappropriate.

She later admitted that she was paraphrasing the words spoken by the Opposition Leader.

As Ms Daniels’s cross examination continued yesterday in Magistrates’ Court, she said that she contacted a police officer later that afternoon, and scheduled a police interview for the next day.

While defence lawyer Charles Richardson suggested that Ms Daniels decided to make an official complaint only after speaking with senior party members and that the complaint was made only for “political mileage”, she denied the suggestions.

Later in the morning, Mrs Outerbridge, took the stand describing her recollection of the incident.

She told the court that she was at the OBA tent outside of the polling station when a man she did not know approached her and other party members introducing himself. She said the man also asked her and other members about Ms Daniels.

Mrs Outerbridge said she could hear PLP members, including Mr Bean, talking under their own tent, but could not make out what they were saying until Mr Bean began shouting out: “That’s those political whores.”

She testified that both she and Ms Daniels looked at Mr Bean to see if he was referring to them, at which point he said: “Just ask Michael Fahy and Sean Collier how much they pay.”

The St George’s West MP said that Mr Bean continued, telling the court: “He said he would pay ten cents a lick.

“He also stated that he would pass us around so everyone can have some.”

She said she was offended by the comments, but under cross-examination by Mr Richardson, she said she did not recall Mr Bean using any profanity during the incident and did not hear him repeating the offensive statements.

Asked if she heard Ms Daniels tell Mr Bean he was disgusting, she said: “No, she didn’t say that to the defendant. She said that to me.”

The Crown later closed its case, but Mr Richardson filed a “no case” submission, asking the courts to find that Mr Bean has no case to answer.

“Based on the evidence that the public heard, the court is not in a position to make a finding what words were said because the witness isn’t sure,” Mr Richardson said.

“She admitted herself that she is paraphrasing.

“Even if it was these words, they cannot say in these circumstances and in this context these words amount to offensive words.

“In order for words to be offensive under the Summary Offences Act, someone would have to say something they didn’t have the legal right to express, and that brings us into freedom of expression. Someone would have had to transgressed their rights to freely express themselves.

“What we have here are comments uttered from a politician to another on a political occasion at a location which could be deemed a political location for the day, a polling station.”

The trial is set to continue today.

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