Jan 21, 2011
Man Sentenced To Community Service For Slapping Schoolgirl In The Face
18 year old Markland Green appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court yesterday, where he pleaded guilty to assault occasioning bodily harm. Green was accused of slapping a schoolgirl in the face, and was sentenced to 200 hours of community service (to be carried out at the Half-Way Tree Courthouse). He was also ordered to apologise aloud to the complainant in court.
The court heard that on the day of the incident, the complainant was walking home along Beckford Street in Downtown Kingston, when Green approached her and reportedly called her by the name of her school. The complainant then reportedly told Green that he should not speak to her, a response which angered him. Green then became boisterous, and used indecent language at the complainant, prompting her to do the same. Green the reportedly used his hands to hit the complainant on both sides of her face several times then walked away.
He was later arrested and charged. The complainant, who was accompanied in court yesterday by her mother, later told the court that she had accepted the apology and would not be claiming any compensation.