Jan 10, 2010 0
Man Boxes 6-Year Old During Dispute Over Toy Car
Devon Reid, of a St. James address, appeared before the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate’s Court recently, where he faced allegations that he used profanity to a six year old boy before boxing (slapping him across the face) during a dispute over a toy car.
It is alleged that on December 13, 2009, in the district of Montpelier in St. James, the boy’s mother sent him to a shop, but when he later returned, he did not have her change and his face was swollen. He told her that Reid had hit him. She reportedly accosted Reid who she alleged pulled a machete on her. Reid in turn, told the court that his son had missed his toy car, and when he saw the complainant with it, he asked him to hand it over, and when he refused, he held on to him, and during that time his hand “might have caught the boy”. He added that he never intended to hit the child. He also said that when the child’s mother came quarelling, he walked away from her.
Reid’s bail was extended, and the Magistrate sent him along with the complainant’s mother to mediation in an effort to have it settled out of court.