There was much excitement downtown, Kingston, yesterday when a homosexual man began beating his ex-lover in a fit of jealousy.

The dispute attracted a large number of spectators including policemen who were on duty at the Supreme Court. The spectators remarked how barefaced the men were and some said they were lucky that they did not clash elsewhere because they were sure people who disliked homosexuals would give them a good beating.

In his bid to escape the beatings of his ex-lover, the man ran through the Temple Lane entrance of the Supreme Court and was hotly pursued by his ex-lover who threw a liquor bottle at him. The bottle broke on the steps of the courthouse. One of the men entered the courthouse barefooted after losing his shoes during the chase. Policemen held the two men who appeared to be in their early 30s as they entered the courthouse and took them to the cell on the ground floor. The men who were both sporting long 'jerry curl' hairstyles and tattoos on their bodies showed no sign of remorse for their action.

"Look how im cut me on mi hand," one of the men said to a policeman.

"Which one of you is the woman," a policeman asked the injured man but he refused to answer. "Him jealous, him jealous, you si and that is why mi left him," the injured man remarked. "We nuh deh again, but him jealous, him jealous," the man said repeatedly. He said his ex-lover had stabbed him before and punctured his lungs.

He further disclosed that he came downtown to meet his boyfriend when his ex-lover, who was driving by Barry Street in a white car, spotted them. Reports are that after the ex-lover attacked the man, the other man ran away

While in police custody, the ex-lover expressed concern about his car which was parked on Barry Street and said he had important documents in it which he did not want to be stolen.

The police subsequently released them and told them that they could be arrested and charged for causing disturbance in the precincts of the court.