68-year-old man fined & ordered to keep the peace
The defendant was accused of assaulting a young woman with a hacksaw. He had reportedly instructed the woman to not come onto his property. The court was told previously that George stroked her on her hand with the weapon when she tried to open the gate to get to her apartment, which was in a yard shared with George.
When the matter came before Senior Magistrate Tamia Richards earlier today, she explained to Mr Gorge that the court found the aggravating factors to be the fact that the offences were committed in a public place against police officers, in addition to the fact that a weapon was involved.
Magistrate Richards said that he was an “old man” in citing a mitigating factor for him not receiving a custodial sentence.
The assault of one officer led to a $1500 fine or an alternative or 4 months imprisonment while another assault charge was given a $1000 fine or an alternative of 2 months imprisonment. He was also placed on a bond and ordered to keep the peace for one year on the charge of common assault to the VC.
Mr George, who appeared in his own defence previously, told the court that the Virtual Complainant’s apartment was on his brother’s property and not his and that he was tired of saying this. He noted that he was protecting his land when he committed the offences.
The VC made a report to Police and upon her return with two female officers, they were all asked to leave by Mr George. When an attempt at an arrest was made on the 68 year old man, the court was told that he fought with the officers and kicked one of them in her abdomen.
The court was further told that Mr. George allegedly took up a crow bar against the officers as well and told them that he was doing work at the time.
After Magistrate Richards handed down his sentence, Mr George immediately began asking about his wall and what would be done about his concerns. He carried on at considerable length about his difficulties in having his troubles resolved while Magistrate Richards interjected repeatedly to advise him to seek the services of an attorney in the matter since as she explained, she had no jurisdiction in same.
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Your head is tough just like the defendant in this case. The magistrate stated that he needs to seek the assistance of an attorney because that is not her jurisdiction, do you understand any part of that? I guess you don't so stop chatting piss. Maybe the police gave him that same advice before but no, he prefer to take the law in his hands. That is the mentality of a lot of us around here. We want the police to solve everything for us but do not want to do the right thing when being advised.