Kesler Charles, a 26-year-old from Loubiere, was slapped with a $2,000.00 fine after he pleaded guilty to battery on his father Ray Charles of Pointe Michel.
According to reports, on January 19, 2013, in the wee hours of the morning, the elder Charles was performing security duties at Melvina’s Bar in Pointe Michel when he attempted to caution his son who was behaving in an “unruly manner”.
Several attempts by Charles asking his son to control himself proved futile and he eventually held the young man by the shirt.
But this only agitated Kesler even more who, according to court reports, approached his father in a violent manner and then threw several punches at the older man. One of the punches struck Charles in the right eye.
“Who are you to tell me what to do … long time I have that for you … I have to kill you,” Kesler told his father.
Ray Charles made a report to the Pointe Michel Police who arrested Kesler.
In his mitigation, the younger Charles apologized to the court for his actions and promised to be of good behaviour since, according to him, he has recent convictions for drugs and wounding.
He is expected to pay the fine by April 30, 2013 or in default spend 6 months in jail.
sometimes we to quick to judge the father is not an old man this man is a young man and he is more built like a body builder it is hard for me to believe thats how it went down. kessler is a product of neglect so we should pray for him. and ray you should sit down and talk to him.some fathers because they go overs and make something for their selves when they come back they expect the children to forget the neglect they suffered. am not supporting kesslers actions but it goes deeper than what u guys think u saw happened.
Talking about neglect, he was also neglected by his mother, when she was with the white guy next to the school, not far from our home and her son could not go their for lunch, so blaming uncle Ray for Kesler bad upbringing in wrong
Kesler mother did not want Kesler to have anything with us,so you have to blame her for the way she raised her son
Asked loubiere people they will tell you,
did the father ever showed him love even if he sent for him in england where was he when he needed a fathers love
Holy Scriptures: “Honor thy father and thy mother that thy days may be long.” I will add, also happy, peaceful and healthy. Children must love, respect their parents and take care of them for they nurtured us and took care of us. They did have our best interest at heart.
The eyes of Jesus are on every footstep we take and on every word we state as imbedded in our heart and mind.
Ephesians 6:4 CJB
Fathers, don’t irritate your children and make them resentful; instead, raise them with the Lord’s kind of discipline and guidance.
I am from Loubiere. I know this young man and his family. His mother tried to raise him well but she let him get away with too much. Many times she put her hand in fire for him when he was at fault. So now he feels that he can do whatever he wants to everyone else.I think he smokes that thing too. He needs counselling/rehabilitation because like all of us, he has some “good days”.I see anger, a lack of confidence and trust in him.
There are some parents and I hope only a few who take sides with their children, no matter how evil they are. They did not do their children a favor. In time, to their regret, they reap what they sow. They should comprehend that it is imperative as parents they nurture them appropriately and that children will soon grow up to adulthood. The discipline and example shown will follow them all their life. This requires discipline from the moment the children are able to comprehend and talk. Good parenting is necessary.
i know these two has been at it for a while, do not how how it started but i cannot believe this on the other hand these youngsters of today have all sort of man controlling them and their parents cannot even correct them this is really sad
I know this guy he needs serious help he is out of control and terrorizes everyone in the community beating his father is just 1 offense in his long lists of offenses
“he has recent convictions for drugs and wounding.”;he is”at a Bar” (most likely drinking);”behaving in an “unruly manner”. How much more of the ‘spirits’behind the bottles (remember they are called ‘spirits’in rum shops) can he take in without reacting violently towards others and more so towards his parent – in direct defiance of the Lord’s commandment to honor your father…” He is not acting alone. Remember the days are evil and getting more so all over the world. Evil spirits grab every opportunity that is open to them in order to destroy the lives of those they use and if permitted, that of others. 2000 days in jail with an assignment to write out the words of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation would have been much better for this young man, his family and society. He can become a blessing. He just needs to know the Lord Jesus Christ and the God who made him. Here it is the son behaving unruly, but you know, the roles could have been reversed. It is the spirit behind the ‘bottle’ and the drugs that creates the havoc.
kelser charles should have been packing
For those who do not know and are looking for reasons to perhaps Justice keslar’s behaviour. I say to them just visit the Pointe Mitchel Poilce Station to see the number of reports that have been made against the young man. Then go to Loubiere where he is from and ask his family and friends. The young man is a bully and for his age, both communities of Loubiere and Pinte Mitchel knows that he has been involved in inumerable instances of social dysfunction behaviour not only in Loubiere and Pointe Mitchel, but indeed in Gwada too. Ray take care and be good.
all that good ,he have more to come ,that is the start of the cycle.ray is a cunt ,he tried to make me go down.welcome to my world .
He threatened to KILL his Dad, that’s mandatory prison time. “…long time I have that for you … I have to kill you.” Seems like a PLAN. A Premeditated one. That guy is a bully and bullies are cowards, weak and have no self value!
“Whosoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp will be put out in deep darkness.” Proverbs 20:20
young man ask for forgiveness, repent and be baptized…
he is lucky that his son name is not adam lanza or Nehemiah Griego….
you cant beat an adult but you can beat a child? very nice laws encouraging child abuse
Tiny please stop commenting on this blog u a sick deranged and should b in a mental institution your comments hurt to the core, keep them to yourself
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NO CHILD SHOULD PUT THEIR HANDS ON THEIR PARENTS…SHAMEFUL
i was there in melvinas and i see the security aka the farsha (goldmember voice) handling the boy by his collar also the bible states lets not have selective memory “parents do not lead your children astray in other words provoke them to wrath”
Every other day I see one of these Fine or 6 months jail.. I am startinjg to believe the courts are robbing people of their monies.. In a situation like this where there was assult the monies should go to the victim, not the governement who does next to nothing for its ppl.. don’t live in you’ll dominica but I am just saying, the
I’m with you. Plus, the fines are so small that it’s ludicrous.
My understanding is that it could go or some of it to the victim if the victim lodges a court case to charge the perpetrator for injury.
boy dont bite the hands that feed you…honor thy father and your days will be long
No child should raise their hands on their parent
doing this you are cursed for life. If he did this to his father in the presence of people I wonder what he would do if nobody was around. They should slapped him with a bigger fine or send him to jail with this he would ask himself a question. Children honor thy father and thy mother.
Mr cursed!
On a related tangent:?:: I think there is global miss-application of the ‘Rights of the Child.’ Sure, the child has Rights but together with those Rights must come Responsibilities. I dont hear any talk about Responsibilities of the child when their Rights are being taught or applied. That is one reason why parents cannot get a handle on controlling their kids from early as they used to, and those kids are growing to be a problem to themselves and to society.
If Children have No Respect for there Parents
No Repect for there Brothers and Sisters,
No wonder there is so much trouble in this world.
“STOP THE VIOLENCE”
There is a difference between there and their. Stop making us look stupid!
bad move partner nothing gangster there
How old is the father? An old man? Anyway new times! Growing up, I dont know a child who would dare.
The bible also says: “Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger by the way you treat them. Rather, bring them up with the discipline and instruction that comes from the Lord”. Whose knows what happens in closed doors…..
Poor dat child
One of the punches struck Charles in the right eye.–News article
Being hit in the eye is very dangerous! I hope that this father’s right eye will be okay.
I gradually lost my vision in the left eye, which suffered the kick of a football, from the boys who were playing with it, as I sat outside with my class, a teacher in my home village in Dominica.
That eye of mine was blind by the time I was 21 years, there was nothing that doctors could do; thanks to God I still have my right to see.
That young man should be charged much more than $2000.00–his father was doing his job in the first place, that fact alone demanded his respect, much more that it was his own father.
What if the security guard was not his father, would he have done the same thing? That is why he should face a double charge.
Another societal problem – a victim of drugs! After everything in life Ray Charles has done for his Son, such is the reward. I know Ray very well and always at the center of his thought process is his Son. This boy behaves in such unrudly ways whenever he sets sight on his Father, irrespective of who is present – how embarrassing.
This man is something else. One would say that due to his action and words he is possessed. Imagine him telling his father, “long time I have that for you…I will kill you.” He also threatened his father. These are serious crimes. This man needs to learn a lesson. $2,000 is insufficient.
Even though he is an adult, he still owes ‘due obedience and respect to his father’ until the day he dies.
The Fourth Commandment of God is, “Honor Thy Father and Mother.”
Commands: love, respect, obedience on the part of children, care on the part of parents for the spiritual and temporal welfare of their children, obedience to civil and religious superiors.
Forbids: hatred of parents and superiors, disrespect, disobedient.
God is not amused by his actions. Apology to the Court is not enough. He did not harm the Court. He harmed – humiliated, insulted and injured his father.
If he ever expects God to forgive him, he must apologize to his father with a humble and contrite heart and promise never to do this again. He must ask his father to forgive him.
If he does that, the father in turn, after all is said and done, must forgive him in Jesus Name. We do know that Our Lord said, “Unless you forgive from the heart neither will My Heavenly Father forgive you.
It is a serious matter. This also goes for those who do not forgive others; are not able to forgive them and refuse to forgive them. They should pray to God and ask him for the grace of forgiveness which will enable them to forgive. No forgiveness; no peace of heart and mind; no happiness; no Heaven. This is the way it is with our impartial God.
Dominicans have lost all morality.
I BEG to differ!!!Not all Dominicans hit their parents. Mister does not represent all of us!!
You are generalizing. Be careful about your words/statements and how you use them. I am a Dominican and never would I ever consider hitting my parents. There are many Dominicans who would never hit their parents. A child has to be a bad child to do such a thing.
We can have another husband or wife, but they cannot never fulfill what a parent is. We children are the continuation of our parents. Parents, no matter what they are, have a special love and bounding for their children, no matter what their children are and do. That’s why there was Adam and Eve.
Children, we must love our parents more, because when they are gone, they never come back on this earth. I just lost my loving and devoted mother a few months ago,and it really hurts. I have only one parent alive, who is my dad and I have to do my best to comfort or talk to him, no matter our differences. Children, please listen to your parents, no matter how grown we may be. We might not like what they might do or say to us, but for The Lord’s sake, control ourselves and our tongue.
Love, honor and cherrish them. Please listen to your parents more than your friends. They brought you up the best way they could. Things in life is not always rosey, but our parents are still special. It hurts when our parents suffer, muchless when they are with us no more.
When we disrespect our parents, we disrespect ourselves too, because we came from them. And the Lord said “honor your father and mother that our days on this earth may be long”. People encourage you to do the wrong thing, but when we in trouble, they are no wher to be found. lOVE,LIVE, LAUGH, and try to live life to the fullest with God’s help. Stay safe!!
He should be slapped with more than $2000.00, he father was trying to keep him from getting himself in trouble and he end up beatting the man.
No child should raise their hands on their parent.
Remember the fifth commandment is honor thy father and thy mother.
You know nothing of their personal situation.
what situation his father send for him in England and his mother did not agree for him to go because the father married and English girl
The law is too slack in Dominica he should have been charged more what is $2000.00 since he is already in the court system as a bad boy
Anonymous, even though, it is shocking that a child, be it that he is an adult, would do this to his father and make such derogatory statements to him. There is no excuse for his overall actions. Know that God is not amused by his actions and will not exonerate him unless he asks God and his father for forgiveness with the type of heart which will appease God to forgive him.
This man needs to be counseled and rehabilitated.
Tiny, what do you have to say about that? Abusing the parent now right?
this young man has a problem they should send him to jail he is blamin every one for what he turn out to be,just lookin at him he is problem,he is on hard drug and alwaying find him self in problem with every one in that yard,am not even hopin he get that money he need to go to jail for some time,his father is such a cool guy, am living in loubiere so i can tel u this guy is problem
Agree with you he have no right what so ever to put hand on his father
Boy playing bad boy will not bring you anywhere, as the saying goes, children learn what they see, and do what they hear, saying that he had it for his, I know exactly what is going on
When mothers bad mouthing their children father for the children what else do we expect, the father need to file a restraining order against him
saying you will kill your father, this is no joke
I know as a human being he felt humiliated, but on the other hand, he should control himself, and not to put his hand on his father. No matter what their problems are between themselves, every parent would like the best for his or her child. And the Bible also say honor your father and mother, that your days may be long.
I hope he will ask his father forgiveness, and the father will forgive him. But he has to suffer the consequence of his action. It is sad. Maybe his father see he would, or was going to be involved in more trouble, that’s why he was warning him.
Most of the times our parents don’t do right by us, but they are still our parents, and we are still the child. Hope he has learnt his lesson. I feel so sad for that situation. We need each other, especially our parents. Lord help all of us to control ourselves, especially when our elders talk to us. Most of the time they are right. If they were not good parents, they still want good for us as children . “God” intervin on behalf of all Children and All parents. If we don’t have construstive parenting,our society is sure to fail. Love!
Shame on anyone who raises his/her on their parents.
Young man go ask yr father to forgive u cuz anytime a child beat his parents u kw what will happen. Yr dad loves u that why he tried to help u. Take a step go to the mercy seat ask him to forgive u and u will be a new man.
Danziger, since I was a child I heard that if children raise their hand on their mother/father, when they die their hand will remain up. Have you heard of this one? There are a lot of certain sayings which are true to life.
@ Justice and Truth, yes I heard that and their days on earth will not be easy at all.
man like that suppose to rot in jail. if you can do that to your father much less for someone else… Cant wait for the Supreme Court of Justice to come Down on Dominica for all those Future murders they let get away. he doe kill his father but he out to to it because he has intentions
The bible clearly says “And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.” Exodus 21:15.
Kids need to think before they act, good for him, pay for your stupidity or serve the time. Well done Magistrate!!
Kesler Charles, a 26-year-old from Loubiere, needs a serious slap a%^…Man you out of control.
honor your mother and father so that your days be long
your days are getting shorter my by boy. go to the mercy sit and do that fast.