An uncle who said he was only trying to discipline his rude niece when he hit her with a rake was sentenced to 12 months' probation when he appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday.
Roger Gayle appeared before Senior Resident Magistrate Glen Brown to answer to a charge of assault occasioning bodily harm.
The allegations are that Gayle's 14-year-old niece, who was living with him, was disrespectful towards him after he talked to her about about cleaning up the house and taking pride in her surroundings.
The argument occurred while he was using a rake to clean up the yard. He hit her with it, causing bruising and swelling.
Gayle said he was only trying to instil some discipline in the child. He was sentenced to be on probation for a year and the child, the court was told, would be sent to live with her father.
DI MAN NUH DO NUTTEN WRONG....OBVIOUSLY SOME A UNNUH COME FROM UPTOWN WEH UNNUH NUH GET BEATIN UNNUH JUSS GET TIMEOUT
DI JAMAICA WEH ME KNOW WHEN YUH DISS YUH ELDERS YUH MORE DAN A f**kIN RAKE AN YO AFFI EASY YUH *lo**CLAAT SELF AN LEARN FROM IT!!!
IF SHE A 14YRS OLD AN A GWAAN SUH WHO KNOWS WAH A GWAAN AREDY!!!
ALL WHO OBJECT, LOOK PAN YUHSELF AN LOOK HOW YUH TURN OUT COMPARE TO WEH YUH PARENTS DID WANT FI YUH....DON'T LIE TO YUHSELF EEDA CAUSE IT NAW HURT NOBODY ELSE
DI MAN NUH DO NUTTEN WRONG....OBVIOUSLY SOME A UNNUH COME FROM UPTOWN WEH UNNUH NUH GET BEATIN UNNUH JUSS GET TIMEOUT
DI JAMAICA WEH ME KNOW WHEN YUH DISS YUH ELDERS YUH MORE DAN A f**kIN RAKE AN YO AFFI EASY YUH *lo**CLAAT SELF AN LEARN FROM IT!!!
IF SHE A 14YRS OLD AN A GWAAN SUH WHO KNOWS WAH A GWAAN AREDY!!!
ALL WHO OBJECT, LOOK PAN YUHSELF AN LOOK HOW YUH TURN OUT COMPARE TO WEH YUH PARENTS DID WANT FI YUH....DON'T LIE TO YUHSELF EEDA CAUSE IT NAW HURT NOBODY ELSE
TRUTH HURTS......V.S.G.C seh dat
but wen him lickhar fi cause bruising an swelling...dats not discipline jus abuse...
DI MAN NUH DO NUTTEN WRONG....OBVIOUSLY SOME A UNNUH COME FROM UPTOWN WEH UNNUH NUH GET BEATIN UNNUH JUSS GET TIMEOUT
DI JAMAICA WEH ME KNOW WHEN YUH DISS YUH ELDERS YUH MORE DAN A f**kIN RAKE AN YO AFFI EASY YUH *lo**CLAAT SELF AN LEARN FROM IT!!!
IF SHE A 14YRS OLD AN A GWAAN SUH WHO KNOWS WAH A GWAAN AREDY!!!
ALL WHO OBJECT, LOOK PAN YUHSELF AN LOOK HOW YUH TURN OUT COMPARE TO WEH YUH PARENTS DID WANT FI YUH....DON'T LIE TO YUHSELF EEDA CAUSE IT NAW HURT NOBODY ELSE
TRUTH HURTS......V.S.G.C seh dat
Since when is abuse the "truth" ;get serious. This has nothing to do with residing "uptown" or downtown; dont use that as an excuse. And your usage of a stereotype is just pushing you backwards in communicating your asinine opinion. Pretend you are a mother(highly unlikely that you can imagine this because you are a dude), you spent 9 months carrying a child and some relative abuses her? Hitting someone with a rake is not "discipline" thats abuse. Pathetic!! He even "bruise" here. Exercise some empathyand if that is too hard, some sympathy. You are quite barbaric in your thinking.
ALL WHO OBJECT, LOOK PAN YUHSELF AN LOOK HOW YUH TURN OUT COMPARE TO WEH YUH PARENTS DID WANT FI YUH
Are you stating that one should be what their parents say they are to be? So if my mom wants me to be a drug dealer I should be? If my mom wants me to be a doctor I should be? I thought I was the one living my life. Detach yourself from the hopes of your parents and live your life. Dont live up to someone elses expectations; you wont be happy. Your whole view of this is illogical and asinine.
DI MAN NUH DO NUTTEN WRONG....OBVIOUSLY SOME A UNNUH COME FROM UPTOWN WEH UNNUH NUH GET BEATIN UNNUH JUSS GET TIMEOUT
DI JAMAICA WEH ME KNOW WHEN YUH DISS YUH ELDERS YUH MORE DAN A f**kIN RAKE AN YO AFFI EASY YUH *lo**CLAAT SELF AN LEARN FROM IT!!!
IF SHE A 14YRS OLD AN A GWAAN SUH WHO KNOWS WAH A GWAAN AREDY!!!
ALL WHO OBJECT, LOOK PAN YUHSELF AN LOOK HOW YUH TURN OUT COMPARE TO WEH YUH PARENTS DID WANT FI YUH....DON'T LIE TO YUHSELF EEDA CAUSE IT NAW HURT NOBODY ELSE
TRUTH HURTS......V.S.G.C seh dat
It is obvious that it would be a waste of time to even argue with you.... You have the intellectual capacity of c**kroach...