Man found guilty of buggery

Harold Tyson has been found guilty of buggery by a nine-member jury on January 17, 2017.

The incident took place in September 2014.

Tyson had pleaded not guilty to the charge but was found guilty after a full trial by a judge and jury.

He is now on remand at the State Prison.

The court has ordered a social inquiry report in the matter.

He is expected to be sentenced on February 3, 2017.

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51 Comments

  1. Buggery in Law
    February 17, 2017

    It is possible for men with elongated penises to bugger themselves. It this a crime under Dominican law? Also would it be a criminal offence if your invited a politician you did not like to perform this act on themselves?

  2. The Eel
    January 20, 2017

    Mr. Hill now you know what you are up against. They will never find happiness in their lives. The Holy Bible. What they do behind closed doors reflect in public because they are always at the doctors. People who don’t fear the lord God always suffer

  3. Vex
    January 20, 2017

    Charged for buggery? We are in 2017 people. I am not a homosexual but this law is archaic. It is time we get out of the cave and get it in our minds that homosexuality is common in Dominica. There are homosexuals at all levels in society even in the cabinet. Time to repeal this hypocritical buggery law

  4. Music Producer
    January 19, 2017

    It’s the law, I don’t think you guys respect the law at all! Buggery is illegal in Dominica, wrap your heads around it, it aint going away. and not only Foggs do that, by the way.

  5. concerned
    January 19, 2017

    which part of dominica is that harold tyson from?

    • Odinn
      January 20, 2017

      probably the rear 8)

  6. Smartkid
    January 19, 2017

    The court needs to prosecute him to the fullest extent of the law. We refuse to loose ourselves as a God fearing nation to this wretched world.|

  7. January 19, 2017

    Do you people hear yourselves. As far as im concerned the beast carried out a serious crime. It doesnt matter who he abused he is a sorry arse idiot and so are you guys.

  8. jahchild
    January 19, 2017

    it was with a minor!!!!!!

  9. January 19, 2017

    That’s like the women in bible…brought before the MESSIAH caught in the act of adultery..up to this day the other party was left out…she could not have committed it by herself…
    I believe it’s for that reason HE did not tell them, if anyone of you did not commit adultery cast the first stone. Instead HE said, if anyone of you is without sin let him cast the first stone…perfect example; those who were not doing se were doing sa…

  10. HELLLLLLP
    January 18, 2017

    stupid country

  11. BEB
    January 18, 2017

    DNO did not assist, we the listening and reading public. I’m at lost, was the other person an adult, why wasn’t he charged with buggery? Well maybe the other person was a minor. When two adults agreed to participate in such activities, in the confinement of their home, I cant deem this a crime, now if this was done in the public’s domain, its something else .
    DNO please give us the facts

  12. Tj
    January 18, 2017

    Well said JohnRose! However, I would like some clarity of the buggerry charge, it cannot be willingly for charges to brought. If therecis an under age person involved then let us know. We are In 2017 let consenting adults do what they want in their bedrooms.

  13. Laplaine Observer
    January 18, 2017

    This incident represents an indecent exposure instead of this buggery nonsense.

  14. The Eel
    January 18, 2017

    The word itself sound nasty and reading about it even worst. This goes to show how cheap and low human being use their body. It is not what you do but with whom did i.e. must show more pride and respect for our body. God made us to his own image and likeness.

  15. January 18, 2017

    God forbids homosexuality in the Bible. One only needs to read:

    Romans 1:26,27.
    1 Corinthians 6:9,10.
    Genesis 19:1-25 with Jude vs. 7.

    But religious reasons are not the only reasons we oppose homosexuality. It is an unhealthy lifestyle.

    Homosexuals have more mental health issues. They have a higher rate of alcoholism, more suicides, and a shorter lifespan.

    Homosexuals have a higher percentage of deaths from AIDS than heterosexuals and are the one single people group most responsible for the spread of AIDS.

    One gay male airline steward continued to have unprotected sex after he tested positive for HIV until he had infected over 200 other men. This is only one example among many gay men who have acted irresponsibly and spread the disease to hundreds of others by unprotected sex.

    Because of the practice of anal sex (buggery) among male homosexuals they suffer most from infections and injuries of the anus.

    The anti-homosexual laws are for the benefit of the nation.

    • StupidMe
      January 19, 2017

      Well God also forbids adultery, fornication, lying etc, but none of that is illegal mate. Hill, mr Hill, don’t interpret the laws of any land through the precepts of your bible, they’re separate and should always be, otherwise many of us should be prosecuted for fornication, adultery etc. And lastly, don’t bring these anecdotal examples as some sort of evidence because you know one could argue that many of the STDs that we know of are borne through heterosexual sex, should we outlaw heterosexual sex because of that.

      • The Truth Be Told (Original)
        January 19, 2017

        Sins are sins. Whatever you state does not exonerate you or anyone else. The Law of God remains forever. No one can change it nor sever it. His Law is here to stay, no matter what people say and do, no matter what legislation is passed.

      • February 2, 2017

        I have not said adultery, fornication, lying. etc. should be illegal. They are sins. The church has a responsibility to address them as such. It would be difficult to make them illegal. We have no way of knowing who are is committing these sins, or when or where. The police do not have the manpower to deal with these activities, and prisons are already crowded.

        Yes, heterosexuals contact and spread STD. But HIV/AIDS is the most dangerous of all STD and is contacted and spread mainly (not exclusively) by homosexuals.

        Why would you have a problem with me dispensing this information in the battle against AIDS?
        I am an ordained minister and with a pastoral counselor certificate. It is what I do. I worked on contract for a big health center in Toronto as a paid counselor. My articles have been published by over 40 newspapers and magazines in Canada and the USA.

    • Odinn
      January 19, 2017

      Are you saying that omitting and overlooking fundamental human rights can in some instances be beneficial for someone? Why don’t you say that enslaving Africans and bringing them to the Caribbean to work is creating jobs and could be quite beneficial for the white plantation owners? Today we think that was entirely wrong, unjust and cruel. All people have the right to choose who they fall in love with and select to be their companion and mate. What those individuals do in the confinement of their home is not other peoples business. This type of backward thinking is devastating and the religious cults are controlling the people and their views. Sometimes I get the feeling that the pastors and reverends are seriously messing with people and throwing them back to the Bronze-Age. Dominica should go forward and acknowledge human rights of all kind. The Bible is not the answer and followers like you are obsessed with anal sex.

    • January 19, 2017

      Rev. Donald Hill, D.D. January 18, 2017 : “But religious reasons are not the only reasons we oppose homosexuality”.

      But Rev. Hill why do you use the term “religious” to speak about the Ways of God–I thought that you were in a Faith, Hope, and Love “Relationship” with God, what does religion have to do with this “Relationship”

      I agree with you that “homosexuality” is an unhealthy lifestyle; however just like the rest of the sins human beings commit, it stands for cleansing and healing.

      Every behavior that is done without cleanliness and holiness is a sinful behavior in the eyes of God. For that reason He came in the fashion of man, to sanctify & consecrate the mind of mankind, so that this mind will respond to the “Ways of Love” those practices are not about religion!

      Most people who reject God, have done so because His own people put Him in religion–He doesn’t belong in that! Hence we stand responsible for the damage of people’s faith.

  16. January 18, 2017

    What kind of none sense is that , sir bugga ? what ? when and how / the A.B.C. of report writing , what school you went to ?, was it a child ? or was it a rape / OR COCENTING ADULT that should be imputed into your report.

  17. LifeandDeath
    January 18, 2017

    Ay ay..this sounds like Cavemen news with this headline..All i’m saying is a man should be charged for rape but charge one man for buggery seems to be that the other participant was a minor. If such is the case charge the man for Rape..

    If buggery is a crime, I think masturbation is also a crime..but the jail house ain’t big enough tho..lol.

  18. D/can in bklyn
    January 18, 2017

    Buggery of what or child or another adult

    • Not A Hypocrite
      January 18, 2017

      … or an animal??

      • Dominican Passports
        January 19, 2017

        Or plant

    • February 2, 2017

      If it was another adult it would be SODOMY.

      If it was a child it would be PEDOPHILIA.

      If it was an animal it would be BESTIALITY.

      Any one of these would be FORNICATION. Fornication is a broad word that is translated from the Greek word PORNEIA that means illicit sexual intercourse and includes any sexual relationship outside the
      traditional Biblical relationship of Holy Matrimony as God has given it to us in Genesis 2:24 and Matthew 19:4-6 which is one man and one woman.

      All sin is sin but homosexuality is in a class by itself because (1) It is a sin against nature according to Romans 1:26,27 and (2) It is a sin against the model or blueprint for marriage God has given to us in Genesis 2:24 and Matthew 19:4-6. No other arrangement is marriage. No human government has the authority to redefine marriage.

      Sincerely, Rev. Donald Hill.

  19. Not a herd follower
    January 18, 2017

    Buggery with whom? a minor? if it is a willing adult, will the other person be charged?

    • Seeking Justice
      January 18, 2017

      Buggery with an adult. There can never be justice for the accused with a homophobic society and jury and in particular one male jury who I know to be very publicly homophobic and who should have reclused himself from the trial.

    • Dominican
      January 19, 2017

      IF you know the laws of the land then you have the answer, if you don’t find out

  20. IamanIdiot
    January 18, 2017

    So where the other person?

  21. Mimi Johnrose
    January 18, 2017

    This is foolishness. If this was a rape, it would make more sense but wasting the country’s resources on a case for what someone does in their bedroom? This is remedial at best. I am not saying to just go full on and legalize gay marriage, or whatever. My stance on that is if anyone want the burdens and joys of marriage let them have it. But to waste the state’s resources on a case like this is ludicrous. This seems more of a way to embarrass someone…I am only going off of what was said here. Of he had sex with a man in public then he should be charged with gross misconduct or indecent exposure. What about all the other gay men and in the closet men in Dominica that haven’t been charged? A social inquiry?? Really. This country has gone to hell in a hand basket. Pedophiles are fine but being gay isn’t? And yes the Bible thumper will be here soon as if they have never sinned or as if one sin is worse than the other. Isn’t your God a forgiving God?

    • January 18, 2017

      The questions you have asked to defend homosexuality do not add up to a convincing argument.

      If somebody breaks a law – any law – he (she) must be tried. That is how the system works.

      Gay men in the closet in Dominica are not being tried because they have not been caught.

      Nobody said pedophiles are fine but being gay isn\’t . The Bible forbids both these sins. Neither are O.K.

      Sincerely, Rev. Donald Hill.

      Bible thumpers do not say they have not sinned. I am a Bible thumper (preacher) and I have sinned.

      Some sins are worse than others. Is burning a house down not worse than breaking a window? Is murder not worse than stealing a loaf of bread?

      Of course God is a forgiving God! But that is not a license to sin. The sinner must be sorry for what he (she) did and repent. This means to the best of our ability we confess to God and turn away from the sin.

      Sincerely, Rev. Donald Hill.

      • Da4real
        January 19, 2017

        Rev hill let me ask you s question, how many of you so called pastor’s have been punished for robbing your fellow members of their hard earned money, living luxurious lifestyles while your fellow brothers and sisters in christ cant pay their rent or even put food in their childrens mouth? What about those of you who committ adultery? Why you and the women that you all violate are not stoned to death? Rev the bible says if a woman is caught in the act of adultery she should be stoned to death. Why is it that you people are so judgemental about certain sins yet practice some? Their is no big sin or small sin. Sin is sin. You people are way too hypocrite. If ure gonna condemn one sin condemn all. The bible say that their is none righteous not one.

      • January 19, 2017

        @Da4real January 19, 2017

        I am here to answer your questions to Rev Hil;l let me start with the first one:

        (1) The thing about Pastors robbing their congregation is not yours to deal with, the matter is between the pastors and God, so move on with your own Lifestyle for the Glory of God.

        (2) Those who commit adultery are not less sinful than those in homosexuality, however they are both sins against God, which He is willing to heal and forgive–only if the two will do so by allowing their faith to work on their behalf.

        (3) Pertaining to women being stoned to death for committing adultery; I ask you what about the men? Also you refer to the Law of the Old Testament to ancient Israel; what you may not know is that this Law was only for that Nation; what about all the other Nations of the World?

        So Jesus said that He would bring all His other “sheep” together so that there would be One Shepherd and One Flock –keep following to this bellow.

      • January 20, 2017

        My point of the last passage above is to remind you that man makes his choice of living by his ability of “free will” what is your choice?

        All of the Law of the Old Testament was fulfilled by Jesus,’ Blood– God’s Person in flesh and bones–you cannot speak the Bible of the Old Testament, if you choose to leave out that of the New Testament.

        Jesus said to that certain woman: ” I do not condemn you, but go and sin no more” That speaks to every person in this world; read the Bible at John 3:16.

        I am saying that by the Blood of Christ Jesus, there is all sorts of forgiveness for the sake of reconciliation to God’s Holiness–in our minds we need to accept those forgives and to strive to live for His glory–which is the walk in the Spirit

        If you are walking in the Spirit, your mind will remain with God, Holy spirit in you will not conduct sins. You in your sins to keep the words, there is none “righteous” –because you do not understand it.

    • Da4real
      January 18, 2017

      Well said my dear. Its indeed a waste of the country resources. Lots of hard core criminals can walk the streets free at large to do as they please. Rapist are given light sentences yet people are prosecuted for their sexual orientation. How bogus. The country has bigger problems than consenting adults having sex. Its inhumane to punish consenting adults for having sex in their privacy. How foolish. Is this country going backward ?

    • Delicesinus
      January 18, 2017

      I hear you clearly. All sin is sin. None bigger than the other. God is a forgiving God who ask that we not tempt him. Just because he is forgiving doesn’t mean that we live our lives any way, time after time and expect him to forgive us over and over again. If someone is really sorry for their sins they turn away from it not keep indulging in it. God shows mercy to all of us but expects repentance.

    • nicole
      January 18, 2017

      VERY WELL SAID ” Mimi Johnrose”. I couldn’t have said it better myself.

      I don’t understand homosexuality but what people do in the privacy of their own homes is non of our business. LIVE AND LET LIVE!

      The Pedophile laws they should spend time reconstructing to give pedophiles harsher punishments and institute laws to penalize neglectful parents or parents who willingly allow their children to be abused.

      They there wasting time with what gown men doing in their own bedrooms. this country to turning more upside down as time goes by. No wonder half of the population lives outside of Dominica. And those inside migrate as soon as they can get the chance.

    • January 18, 2017

      What are the facts?

    • NUWP
      January 18, 2017

      I would not blame the country for this. Ok. It is the 9 jury I would blame. If the facts says two men in their bedroom then how this reach in court? I don’t understand y would people ruin a young man life like dis. Who did he bugga? Is it a adult a child? And if is a adult it can’t be only he. Give us the facts of the case please so we can comment from a more informed standpoint. Because this sounds more of a homophobic punitive judgement. So many Bogarde that doing their thing. In the bi-election had buggara. In CB had dem. In grandbay have them be it watersco or senatizer. I even hear sticky fingers in dat to. Lapwet have them all of them in their thing and I don’t have a problem with them man. As long as is in their private homes Wat u troubling dem man for? People have choices in life. Who are we to tell them wat to do? We call dem nasty for enjoying dem self and should they call us nasty for doing opposite to dem? Sin is sin an god said no big or little sin. Where is Mrs. T…

    • The Truth Be Told (Original)
      January 18, 2017

      Think and utilize your common sense! Do you not have one? Whoever he did it with did not consent to it, be it an animal. The latter made me laugh. :lol: This is why he was charged and imprisoned.
      You stated about Bible thumpers. Do you not know what is contained in the Holy Bible? Do you pretend not to know or ignore it?
      Is God pleased with homosexuals? Check the Holy Bible, St. Paul’s writings and godly advice, as inspired by the Holy Spirit which he taught us that, it is an abomination to the Lord..
      Jesus Christ is still the Same, Yesterday, Today and Forever. He is taking note of all we say and do.
      Watch your words lest you condemn yourself.

      • NUWP
        January 19, 2017

        Hope u are without sin. And pretend if God come and u into lies and he boggaing u will get a lighter sentence to hell dan him

    • The One
      January 18, 2017

      Moving away from God? Find yourself some faith in the Lord and
      His words bro. Buggery is illegal because it is unnatural,just like
      Beastiality. To lower one self to stoop to sodomy for sexual gratification
      In a land where so many women live is ridiculous. We might as well
      Legalize beastiality judging by your comments. Homosexuality
      Is a mental and spiritual problem. Lock this dude up. Nothing pleasurable
      About a man shoving up another man anus bro.

    • Diaspora
      January 19, 2017

      It is illegal. The state has the right to prosecute.

    • Calibishi Warrior
      January 19, 2017

      I couldn’t agree with you more.. There are people earning big money… police , lawyers, judges, social workers(?) etc, etc. looking into this nonsense .. like we haven’t got much more productive work for these people to be doing. I would go further .. get these nonsensical laws off our books .. the people would handed down these archaic laws to us have long since abandoned them .. this is 2017 people!!

    • Dominican
      January 19, 2017

      What in the article tells you that it was in his bedroom? ARe you using DNO to vent for an unrelated topic?

    • LawieBawie
      January 19, 2017

      What I don’t understand about this news article is that only one person was charged for this act. It takes two people to commit such an act unless the other one was being raped. This means that part of the story is somehow missing.

      • The Truth Be Told (Original)
        January 19, 2017

        DNO is keeping us in suspense. It looks like it will not be revealed. I try to read between the lines.
        On this same article, on the left hand side, you could try to access the stories and you may find the original. It must have been posted and that he was arrested. I believe I read something about that a year or more ago on DNO.
        Generally, there was an article about this case.

      • Dominican
        January 20, 2017

        @lawie bawie if only one person is charged use you logic to find out why. Could it be a minor or there was no consent? You tell me, use your brain

    • Dominican
      January 20, 2017

      @mimi johnrose how do you know it was in their bedroom are you familiar with the case? Then why is one person charged? You call yourself an author so I expect more logic.

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