An Aroute taxi driver appeared in Barbados's District A Traffic Court on Monday facing an affray charge. He admitted striking another driver with a bat. The driver told the court that he had acted in self-defence. The court reprimanded him and then discharged him on the charge. The published account did not set out the earlier confrontation, the injuries caused, or the evidence presented. It also did not say whether the other driver pursued a separate complaint. No sentence was imposed after the court discharged the case.