A 28-YEAR-old man who pleaded guilty to charges of wounding with intent, was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment when he appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Friday.
Thomas Glenford, of a Manor View Drive, Kingston 8 address, was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment at hard labour for stabbing Errol Singh. The court was told that on February 3, at 9:15 p.m., an argument between the two developed into a fight during which the accused stabbed Singh in his side, chest, neck and legs, causing serious injuries.
SELF DEFENCE
When he appeared before Resident Magistrate Martin Gayle, Glenford told the court that he stabbed Singh in self defence. He told RM Gayle, "your honour, dis man a molest mi from mi come from prison, so mi did have fi stab 'im up your honour.....mi tek out mi knife an stab him up. 'im a talk bout seh mi nuh fi come back weh part mi born an grow an I mek several reports to the police."
The complainant however told the court, "a bout seven stab im gi mi your honour, is a wicked youth. Im run mi dung all the while." The court erupted into laughter when the one -legged accused responded, "run yuh dung? How mi fi run yuh dung?"
The accused also brought a case against the complainant's brother, and alleged that he assaulted him on February 3. He accused the complainant's brother of verbally abusing him, hitting him with a stone, throwing bricks on top of his house and threatening to burn his house down.
His claims were refuted and the case was set to be tried on April 12.
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