Telford George, also known as Kerry of Stockfarm, will serve 250 hours of community service, a three-year suspended sentence and pay $5,000 compensation in one year or he faces six months jail, for stabbing a Stockfarm man in the upper back last December.
George, 20, appeared before Justice Birnie Stephenson-Brooks yesterday and pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm to Denny Leblanc, 20, following an argument between them on December 29, 2009.
State lawyer Wayne Norde, who presented the facts of the case to the court, said that sometime after midnight on the said date, the complainant went to a Polos Bar located in Simon Bolivar, Stockfarm where he met a friend – Joel Delsol – and opened a conversation with him. Subsequently, George came and joined the discussion which at the time was about customs excise tax charged on importing motor vehicles into the island.
Norde said that the conversation continued but at some point led to a heated argument between George and the complainant.
“The accused then made a comment that his mother sent thousands of dollars every month. According to the complainant, he began laughing… The complainant then went inside the bar and the accused followed him inside of the bar and pushed him several times until he ended up on the opposite side of the bar,” Norde told the court.
“ The complainant decided he would leave the area to avoid further problems therefore began walking home. The accused followed him out of the gate and onto the public road. About 20 feet away from the gate, the accused pulled a knife and stabbed the complainant in his upper back. The complainant turned back and saw the accused with a knife and the accused said [I will kill you, I will kill you.] He then turned and walked back towards the bar,” the prosecutor said.
Leblanc had an injured rib in which he had to undergo lung physiotherapy with a surgical balloon while a patient at the Princess Margaret Hospital, Norde said.
When confronted on the matter a day after the incident, George told police, “I hear mister in the hospital, but I don’t know about that.”
He later admitted in an interview with police that he was at the bar arguing with Leblanc but could not remember some pertinent issues which led to the stabbing.
George’s three-year sentence was suspended for three years. He will complete his community service by July 30, 2011 or he will face 18 months in prison.
i hear he gone now
They should send MR to jail for attempted murder. Life sweet for criminals here
WATCHER//// Better U Find something to do wit your self wi…jahhh
why some people does tlk … or na all you is haters, belive kerry is ice pop
Wicked bold face and even lying to the officer! Lord have mercy why is he not taking a jail to get some kill his boom boom in jail. The Justice system in Dominica is weak and the people are quickly loosing respect for it.
@mmmm: mmm stop it as I have mentioned to you already. Now that I know that you are from Gutter, I am again calling on you to stop it. Violence does not pay. And crack skull please change that name – I don’t want your skull cracked ok. Get some other nick name one that will bring glory to the Father. No war in Roseau North. Ok my boy. Love to you also. Read my article again.
Peace Brother man. Watcher is here to watch and protect the youth. One love.
wher am from is gutter yea straight from da drain yea ask for crack skull n you’ll find me yea am waiting!!
Vigilante Justice is what we need!
Criminals are happy people in Dominica
@mmm: and all the other mm . Stopt this senseless hititng at Kerry. Now is a time of reflection for all you young men. To avoid making these mistakes again. Say nothing if you can say something uplifting. Kerry and Denny were friends. Rather unfortunate this happenned. Your comments points to the fact that you condone violence. Kerry has gone to court and he has been convicted and did all of you read that “he pleaded guilty” . He has accepted responsibility and maybe that is why his sentence was not so harsh. Please in the name of peace stop spewing negative and violent condoning comments. Say nothing rather than saying these comments. Kerry and Denny please do not listen to those who would like to see a replay. Accept where you both went wrong and move on. Let the past die and use what happened as a lesson.
Watcher and a mum of 20 year old and younger. Peace and tolerance to the youths of our lovely nature isle of the caribbean – Dominca. And love to you both Kerry and Denny.
@frend of both: Look at my earlier comment.
I am happy you are friend of both and you need to do your little thing to be mediator and to talk to Kerry and let him know he made a terrible mistake which could have cost Denny’s life. You said that Denny cursed Kerry which also Denny should not have done. But this is not acceptable that friends argument should end like this.
To be a good friend to both, you have to be honest with both of them and as a friend of both, you need to discuss honestly that conflicts should never end as such and discussions should open. Do not side one over the other. Show each their weaknesses. The youngsters will respect you for this. There will always be differences in opinion and we should be tolerant of each others opinion even we don’t agree. Also a very vital lesson learnt here – we must learn to speak properly to each other with respect. The slangs you as young persons use , I won’t repeat, you know how you youngsters speak can be very insultive and hurt the other person. Do unto others as you would like others do unto you – The Golden Rule. Speak intelligently and practice not using the foul four letttered words and it will become habitual to speak properly. It is not because everyone is doing or saying that it is correct. It is not everything that you see on the Television that you must adopt. There is a lot of rubbish on the TV that young persons try to imitate.
One does not add fuel to a fire when one is wrong. Humility is something we have to learn. When the heat is on , we have to know when to quit and discuss another day when heated heads have sobered.
The Lord bless you friends of both.
well well well kerry always used to say he will kill eh so he reach close but his lenght hqs nothing to do with this because i would hmm monkey really know wat tree they climb but the judge go easy on hi, i find wi pal kerry you is bad man god will deal with you stocky not a place of high sin but then ::: is people like you that does make ppl migrqte eno off all vieux neg stockfarm, have you that more bad i would ring you
Dominica has no justice system…………people committing crime like it going out of style, no sense, at the end of the day all crime does is put shame on your family and make you waste money on compensation…….bad man don’t rain anymore, all them wonnabee gangsters need to get a life, pull up their pants, go to church and go look for work for them to do, pure bullshit, he should have been punished,
@mm: all people does jus run all you mouth give ur name an address fore u to get visited….
eh beh ker ker u come out….. hmmmm
@strupes: the jostice system is saying dont walk away stay there and kill boy kill ………..GOOD MESSAGE PAPA.
People sometimes we comment and we do not think of what we say. We can be very hypocritical ourselves and I will tell you why. When those things are on our doorstep, we want our friends and families to be pardoned by the court system. When someone else get pardoned we can go on and go on.. because it is not our brother, sister etc .. Kerry should not have stabbed Leblanc in the back especially in following the news item, we can deduce that they were friend and living in the same community of Stock Farm. We as parents and mature adults now must realise that this is a serious problem in our country where our young people cannot resolve conflicts and resort to violence even on their own friends. The question is how do we resolve these issues without blaming policy makers and other persons? Probably Kerry was repentant and I am sure he is. So when things do not go the way that we would like to be in our human eyes, then we have to accept and do not use our tongue to do more harm than good. Kerry is a first time offender and I am sure, we would not like to see our young 20 year olds flood the prisons and become repeated offenders. The Almighty Father is the final Judge and Jury and all the time we have to accept his will. He will have mercy upon who he will have mercy.
Let us look within ourselves and search. Are we teaching our children to be tolerant of other persons opinion? Some of the comments that are spewed at persons in this forum are so negative that our young persons are taught to be rude and be indecent in their speaking. They are the ones who are reading these comments since they are the IT generation. They use the computer more than us adults . Our mannerism daily send a clear message to them that it is ok to swear and do this and that (The comments are so degrading and negative). When we are finished we become Judge, Jury and Executioner. Who ever gave us the right to do so?
Let us pray for our youngsters and be the role model that they are expected to look upon. It is very difficult in these times but together we must continue to pray.
As for Kerry , please appologise to Leblanc and learn from this mistake. It was a very harsh mistake since you could have killed him. Denny I know that Kerry is sorry so if he apologise accept in good faith. You all were friends, I know it can be hard but just remember that our Father is always forgiving us on a daily basis. Vengeance is mine sayeth the Lord.
it was not as bad as the complainant made it look… yes he got stabbed but he was barely wounded this was brought into court hands because of spite and utter ignorance. i do not agree with the stabbing but he had no right to tell him about his mother. so he had to suffer the consiquences. this story is being exsagerated to make one side of the party look at its worst… we are only hearing one side of the story… ask the proper questions and you will get the real answers…
This is the reason crime in on the incline in this country. No #@$ing justice. This Judge needs to go! Why can’t we see that? Let’s demonstrate people! Somehting needs to be done about this INJUSTICE!!!!!!!!!!!!! People getting 10 years for marijuanna possession and not doing anytime for stabbing! This is ..!!!!!!!!
i can’t believe. every case has it’s circumstances and quirks but i don’t know what to call this…
Stabing a man in his upper back and not doing a day in Jail
Sorry we but I not going to no police to solve my problems because that is a very big joke
If the man had die the boy would get 5 years and come out smiling telling everybody he’s a killer
Is not capital punishment we need
Is Punishment plain and simple because what mr get there not even considered a slap on the wrist
That’s considered a kiss on the CHEEK!!!
that judge self needs to do some time!!! stupessssssssssssssssss!!!
I suspect them judges are being paid under the table….Law officials as well…Look nonsense in DA. I’ll have to start holding my knife on me wi pal. Or better yet gun.
@strupes: For real u know. Just now they will kill everybody. Innocent or not
@mmm: LOl
wow!!!! dominica law is a joke
no wonder people killing..they checking they going to just get community service
do u realise that most of the stabbing or killing thats taking place r our young men between the ages of 20 to 30.wat the hell is wrong with our young men.dont they have n e thing beta to do than kill sum1.lets pray for them…………………………………..they need our prayers cuz most of them are sending their lives down their tubes
community service? best he had just go all day way!!! he would get a cookie and some milk…
kerry u checkin u tall so u bad…i would file u down like a tree if it was me…monkey no wat tree to climb..boo boo
wow!a man getting a slap on the wrist for stabbing a man..can you imagine!!!!
kerry playin gangster lol boy dem fellas no who dey doin der rubbish boy..play with me
this is nun sence
are we serious in here? ATTEMPTED MURDER GETS A SUSPENDED SENTENCE WITH COMMUNITY SERVICE AND COMPENSATION? IS THIS JUDGE FOR REAL? NO WONDER KILLERS ARE ON BAIL
that proves again that the court system is there to defend the intrests of the criminals and not the good hard working citizens of our good country. violent crimes are increasing bcause these criminals are walking away free and so if they can do it and get away i will do the same thing,thats what we will all say . its time that these judges get down to business and defend the good people of these country. give these criminals the pay that is due for their crimes. while i dont condone drugs or any kind i just want to ask,why should a man go to jail for 1 ganga or even an ounce and muders and drug dealers and money launderers and buglars go free ? is that what we call justice? what do we xpect when we alllow criminals to go frEE? increase in crime. cant the government not fire those judges for not doing a proper job? please let me no
This is going from bad to worse.
How can you stab a man in his “BACK!” , threaten to kill him, get him admitted to hospital and then get sentenced to community service with a fine and walk out of court? So Dominicans not seeing that judge needs to go!!! We must really ask ourselves if this judge has dominicas interest at heart.