The Tribune

By FARRAH JOHNSON

Tribune Staff Reporter

fjohnson@tribunemedia.net

A 25-year-old woman who threatened to kill another woman while under the influence of alcohol was ordered to attend anger management classes.

Police arrested Anette Metellus after she threatened to shoot and stab a woman on October 5.

She admitted the offence during a hearing before Deputy Chief Magistrate Andrew Forbes yesterday.

The court was told around 6.15pm on the day in question, the woman was visiting her property on East Street when an unknown female who lived in the yard next to her started taunting her. The court heard the complainant attempted to ignore the defendant, but she persisted shouting: “I will shoot you and jick you in your head (sic).”

Metellus’ comments made the woman fear for her life, so she filed a complaint against her with the police. The defendant was arrested a short time later. In an interview at a nearby station, she said she was intoxicated at the time of the incident and could not remember what happened.

During the hearing, Metellus was represented by attorney Alex Dorsette. He told the magistrate his client was at her mother’s birthday party and had drunk about “12 cups of liquor” in addition to a “few beers”. Mr Dorsette claimed Metellus’ child and some other children were playing in the vicinity and the defendant was concerned about the complainant’s driving putting the children at risk. He insisted Metellus would have never found herself in court if she did not drink excessively that day.

As a result, Magistrate Forbes granted the defendant a conditional discharge on the agreement she would attend anger management classes at the Department of Social Services. He warned her if she failed to do so, she would spend three months in prison.