Heavy price for a fight

Alistair Irish will have to pay the court $1,000 by September 30 or spend three months behind bars for wounding Brian Winston.

The Bath Estate man appeared before Magistrate Candia George at the Roseau Magistrate Court Thursday afternoon where he pleaded guilty to the charge of wounding.

According to the facts of the case from the police, on July 11, the defendant entered the complainant’s house in Bath Estate, where he struck the complainant on his back with the flat of a cutlass. A fight ensued with the complainant sustaining a cut to his right small finger as both men pulled and struggled to get hold and control of the weapon. The complainant eventually made good his escape to the Roseau Police Station where he reported the matter.

When the defendant was met by police on July 12, as they carried out investigation at the Police Headquarters, Irish did not deny his part in the episode.

“Yes I did it, but them man come on me at my girlfriends workplace first,” the defendant told the court.

In a mitigation plea on behalf of the defendant, defense lawyer, Zena Dyer, told the court that the complainant was the aggressor. Dyer mentioned that the complainant had initially attacked the defendant at Operation Youth Quake, where the accused girlfriend works. Dyer asked the court to tender justice with mercy as the defendant is the father of two children of school age.

In handing down the sentence Magistrate George considered that the defendant pleaded guilty which worked in his favor. The Magistrate also considered the depth of the defendant criminal record, which included malicious damage, theft, possession of offensive weapons; obstruction, among others which did not work in his favor

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5 Comments

  1. ROSEAU MAN.
    July 15, 2011

    I say bring back Beanzie those magistrate we have in Dominica have no spine just there to make a buck. Where have all the good magistrate gone???????

  2. vip
    July 15, 2011

    alister shame on you and stop embarrassing your father inspector whatever in the police force.you have received to many counselling over the years and still refuse to change.why are u like the other marijuana smokers just wasting your life away? go and do something meaningful for your children and to secure your retirement.

  3. .
    July 15, 2011

    i know your day would come Alister… you too like trouble.
    1000 is nothing… ask your fada for the money!
    they should send you 1000 days in jail.

  4. maman
    July 15, 2011

    Ce anle zafan malawe zor ni fors…

    • What!!!!
      July 15, 2011

      So you saying it is ok for poor ppl children to kill each other?

      Are you serious or just too politically enriched that you cannot read a sad story of 2 poor people attemting to damegae each other?

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