From the Courts
April 16, 2010
Williams collects nine months for bad debts

Shalon Williams went about trying to get money which he claimed was owed to him the wrong way.{{more}}

Williams, a labourer of Campden Park, was sentenced to nine months in jail on Tuesday at the Kingstown Magistrate’s Court after he pleaded guilty to a wounding charge.

The court heard that on February 2, 2010, at about 8:30 p.m, the virtual complainant was at a beauty salon having his hair braided when Williams came and made threatening comments to him.

Williams then drew a cutlass and began firing chops in the direction of the man. Luckily the victim managed to escape through a door, but not before receiving a chop over his eyes. The chop also left a piece of the bone on his forehead exposed.

Before sentencing, Williams explained to the court that the virtual complainant had owed him money from a job. Williams claimed that he was attacked first with the same cutlass he used to chop the virtual complainant.(KW)