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.
Devon Martin appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court yesterday, where he was accused of punching his mother in her mouth, after she had told him not to use her sugar. He was ordered by the court to undergo counseling, along with his mother.
The court heard yesterday, that Martin and his mother got in a tussle when she asked him to stop using out her sugar. Martin said she grabbed him in the front of his shirt and that he simply pushed her hands off, but his mother insisted that he had punched her in the mouth. Both claimed to have eyewitnesses who could confirm their side of the story.
They were both ordered to undergo counseling, while Martin, who is charged with assault occasioning bodily harm, is to return to court on March 22.
A female vendor, Janet Findley, who used a chopper to injure another woman (Cornelia McDonald) on her leg during a fight over hand cart space in Downtown Kingston, was fined $30,000 (or serve six months in prison) when she appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court yesterday. It is alleged that McDonald had parked her hand cart on Orange Street, when Findley came along and moved McDonald’s cart, putting her own hand cart in the spot instead. This reportedly lead to a fight between the two.
McDonald was also before the court, because she was charged with stabbing Findley in the chest during the same incident. Findley pleaded guilty to unlawful wounding, and the sentence was handed down, however McDonald pleaded not guilty to felonious wounding, and is to return to court on January 18.
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.
Desmond Pallache, who used a machete to slap his wife several times and bit her on her breast, almost completely detaching her nipple, was sentenced earlier today in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court to 30 days in prison.
The complainant told the court that the accused had filed for divorce and they were separated. She said they had a dispute, and that the accused later came into her room with a machete, tore off her blouse and slapped her with the machete across the shoulder. She said she fell to the ground and he continued hitting her with the machete. She said she bit him in a bid to escape, and he in turn bit her on one of he nipples, almost completely detaching it. Neighbors then came to her rescue.
He was charged with assault occasioning bodily harm, and begged for a chance in court yesterday, after hearing that he could face up to three years in prison for what he had done.
Marcia Gilmore, of a Seaview Gardens address in Kingston, appeared before the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court yesterday, where she was ordered to pay $6,000 or serve six months in prison when she used a piece of board to hit another woman because the woman had bad breath and had refused to heed her warning not to talk to her.
The court heard that the complainant was walking in the community of Phase I, Seaview Gardens in Kingston, when she was approached by Gilmore, who used a piece of board to hit the complainant in her face, causing bruises and swelling to her mouth.
Gilmore told the court that she had been suffering for seven years now because of the complainant’s “bad breath”, and that the complainant “loves to talk in people’s faces and I warn her not to talk in my face.“
A 16-year-old boy, appeared recently in the Children’s Court, for allegedly beating a 5 year old boy so severely that he was unconscious and had to be hospitalised. The child was reportedly found with his eyes swollen shut, deep bruises to the upper and lower sections of the face, swollen mouth, a sprained neck and four missing teeth, among other injuries. The child cannot speak properly and is unable to chew or swallow due to the severity of his injuries.
Allegations are that there was a misunderstanding between the child and the teen a few days before the incident. It is alleged that the teen eventually attacked the boy in dried up riverbed, a few metres from his home. The teen allegedly beat him and left him there, and he was reported missing that same day by his family, and found early the next morning by the police.
The teen pleaded not guilty to the assault charge, and was remanded in custody. He is due to return to court on January 14
