64 year old Maltilda Simpson, who reportedly attacked a 30 year old woman who she had heard was having sexual relations with her common-law husband, was fined $2,000 or 10 days when she appeared in the Petty Session Court at the Spanish Town RM Court yesterday. She was found guilty of threat and assault by Lay Magistrates Kenneth Burton and Phillip Reeves.
The court heard that in early April this year, Simpson accosted the 30-year-old complainant over a man called ‘Brown Man’. Simpson reportedly attacked the younger woman with stones and then threatened to harm her if she did not leave ‘Brown Man’ alone.
In her defence, Simpson denied attacking the complainant, but following testimony by both parties, simpson was found guilty.
An employee of the RIU hotel in St. Ann was reportedly arrested by the St. Ann’s Bay Police yesterday, after he allegedly wounded a businessman during an altercation at the hotel.
According to reports, there was an altercation between a guest and a male employee of the hotel, when the businessman intervened and was wounded. The employee was charged with wounding with intent, and remanded in custody.
With Mother’s Day 2010 just a few days away, one Linval Johnson was sentenced to three months in prison, after pleading guilty in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court to punching his mother in the mouth.
On the day it question, Johnson and his mother reportedly had an argument, and it is said that she tried to hold him during the dispute. He however punched her in the mouth, causing her to fall to the ground.
After a short exchange with the judge, where Johnson stated that he expected to spend no time in jail for what he had done, the judge simply sentenced him to three months imprisonment at hard labour.
A male student of the Bog Walk High School in St. Catherine, was reportedly asked to leave the compound yesterday, after he allegedly assaulted a male teacher.
According to reports, at approximately 11:30 a.m. yesterday, the boy had a disagreement with a female teacher and a male teacher intervened. The boy and the male teacher reportedly had a physical altercation, during which the teacher was allegedly physically assaulted.
The boy was asked to leave, and classes were suspended for a while, as angry teachers demonstrated to show their disgust at the boy’s actions, and to lobby for action to be taken against him.
27 year old Keneisha Russell, is set to reappear in court later today, where she’ll face the charge of assault occasioning bodily harm. Russell, who is a stripper (go-go/exotic dancer) by profession and who is also pregnant, is accused of using a knife to stab and gouge out one of the eyes of the father of her unborn child.
According to reports, Russell allegedly attacked her lover on the evening of March 23, 2010, after he had confronted her about her decision to end their relationship. Russell had reportedly threatened to leave the complainant because he was not “treating her as well as her previous babyfather”. When the complainant attempted to stop her from leaving the house, she reportedly took a knife from on top of the refrigerator and began to stab at the complainant. The complainant reportedly held her by the throat and pushed her unto a bed, but she allegedly got up and started to stab at him again, and had his eye gouged. He reportedly spent three days in hospital undergoing treatment.
Yonique Webb, a woman who is accused of using a pot cover to hit her 78-year-old grandmother, appeared before the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court yesterday, where she faced the charge of assault occasioning bodily harm.
The court heard that on the day in question, the grandmother and the accused woman’s boyfriend had an argument. The accused then came along and allegedly used a pot cover to slap her grandmother on the shoulder.
The accused woman’s father was in court yesterday, and along with the accused, they challenged the complainant’s version of the incident. According to him, the complainant wanted to ‘control the yard’, and on many occasions, referred to the accused as a ‘jacket’.
The judge ordered that the entire family receive counselling from the probation department. They are to return to court on April 29.
A woman accused of luring a teenage girl to her home and sexually assaulting her, was granted bail in the sum of J$100,000 when she appeared recently in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court.
The incident allegedly took place on Feburary 27, at the August Town, Kingston home of the “heavily-built” 22 year old accused. According to reports, the 15 year old complainant and the accused became friends after the complainant went to her and inquired as to whether or not she was a lesbian (which the complainant confirmed to her). They reportedly started communicating by phone and attending parties together, and it is alleged that the accused french-kissed the complainant on one occasion.
On the day in question, which was also the complainant’s birthday, the accused allegedly told the teenager to follow her home for money for a party. However, when the complainant got to the house, she saw two men there, and the accused then told her that she did not bring her there to give her money. The accused then allegedly pushed the complainant on the bed and performed oral sex on her while one of the men held her down. It is further alleged that both men then took turns raping her and performing anal sex on her.
The matter was reported to the police, and the accused was arrested. The two men are now being sought by the police, and the accused has been charged with aiding and abetting rape, indecent assault and buggery. She will return to court on April 8 for a preliminary hearing.
20-year old Chase Bramwell, of a St. Johns Road address in Spanish Town, was remanded in custody when he appeared in the Spanish Town Criminal Court on charges of arson and wounding his 49-year old mother. According to reports, Bramwell chopped his mother in the forehead with a machete, causing her to be hospitalized for four days. He also allegedly burnt down her house.
The court heard evidence that on November 10, 2009, Bramwell and his sister had a dispute over the use of a cable box. The argument turned into a fight, and their mother attempted to end the brawl. Bramwell then allegedly used a machete to chop her in the forehead. She was rushed to the Spanish Town Hospital (where she spent four days undergoing treatment), and later that day Bramwell allegedly attacked his sister once again, then set fire to their mother’s house. The house and all its contents were completely destroyed by the fire.
Bramwell is scheduled to return to court on April 12 when the case will come up for mention again.
An elderly man (David Joseph) who allegedly attacked a female co-worker with a broken glass after she rebuked him for his constant sexual advances, appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court on Friday, where he pleaded not guilty to a charge of assault occasioning bodily harm.
The court heard that on the day in question, the complainant was on her way home from work, when the accused stopped her and made sexual advances and demands. He had reportedly done this on several occasions before and the complainant had refused him, and this time she rebuked him strongly. The accused allegedly got angry and picked up a bottle, which he then broke, and pressed against the complainant’s neck, causing a small cut.
The matter was reported to the police, and Joseph was arrested and charged. He is scheduled to return to court on April 19.
36 year old Jason Anderson, of a Mt. Salem address in St. James, was sentenced to 18 months in prison and fined $3000 when he appeared in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate’s court yesterday, after he was found guilty of possession of an offensive weapon, possession of cocaine, assault at common law and larceny.
According to reports, Anderson has spent most of his live in and out of prison. The court heard that on February 10, a man parked his car in the vicinty of the City Centre Building, and left the two front windows open. The man reportedly returned to find Anderson inside the car, and when he asked him what he was doing in there, Anderson reportedly told him that he was hungry and looking for money to buy food.
Anderson then reportedly pulled a knife, slashed at the complainant, and attempted to escape. He was chased by security guards and the police, and eventually held and charged.
He was fined $3000 or 10 days in prison for the offensive weapon; six months at hard labour for possession of cocaine and assault at common law; and 18 months at hard labour for larceny.
