When Resident Magistrate Glen Brown asked Regina Lewis who was charged with malicious destruction of property why she broke a glass at the offices of the Ministry of Health in Kingston, her response left the Corporate Area RM Court in both shock and stitches.

"Your Honour mi go round deh wid a man fi sell him a sex," she said. "Him neva waan pay me so mi fling a stone afta him and it bruk the glass, Your Honour."

The unkempt woman was not the least bothered by the laughter and gasps that met her response in court yesterday. She stood in the dock looking nonchalant for the most part.

RM Glen Brown handed down a 30-day sentence on Lewis for the charge.