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An “exemplary” secondary school student from Campbell who threw a stone and hit Fountain Benjamin of that community, causing him to be hospitalized for three days, was spared the experience of prison life on the condition that he behaves himself for a year.<\/p>\n
Ericson Madir, a fifth former who will sit seven Caribbean Council Examination (CXC\u2019s) next year, was told \u201cyou\u2019re being given a chance here… an opportunity here to be a productive individual in Dominica…. If you come back here again I\u2019m sending you straight to prison – exam or no exams, CXC\u2019s or no CXC\u2019s!\u201d<\/p>\n
Justice Birnie Stephenson-Brooks, in handing down her sentence, also told Madir: \u201cYou\u2019re gonna be on your best behaviour. If you see mister on the road and you afraid of him, I think you should get on your feet and run as fast as you can.\u201d<\/p>\n
He was sentenced to one year, suspended for one year.<\/p>\n
Madir had struck the complainant on the head about noon on January 25 last year. The defendant claimed that his action was because the complainant had threatened to hit him anytime they met.<\/p>\n
According to the facts presented by state lawyer Wayne Norde, the incident occurred on the Campbell road.<\/p>\n
The judge said that Madir had committed the offense when he was 16 years old – a juvenile. She also mentioned that the complainant had accused him of stealing and has been known to inflict bodily harm on persons.<\/p>\n
Justice Stephenson-Brooks said that\u00a0 a social report on the defendant said that the head master of his school described Madir as an exemplary student who does well academically.<\/p>\n
His lawyer Darius Jones in mitigation asked the court to use its powers and social control to help Madir to carry on a progressive path that would be beneficial to society. Jones said that his client was very remorseful and throws himself at the mercy of the court.<\/p>\n
The defendant was also ordered to pay the compensation of $2,500 in six months. He was asked to apologize to his mother for all the stress caused from the incident during the proceeding, of which he complied.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An “exemplary” secondary school student from Campbell who threw a stone and hit Fountain Benjamin of that community, causing him to be hospitalized for three days, was spared the experience of prison life on the condition that he behaves himself…","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":16062,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime-court-law"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n