By LEANDRA ROLLE
Tribune Staff Reporter
lrolle@tribunemedia.net
A 32-YEAR-OLD man who punched his child’s mother in the mouth last week was sentenced to two months behind bars yesterday.
Wendal Adderley, 32, of Exuma appeared before Magistrate Kendra Kelly yesterday after he was accused of causing harm to his three-year-old child’s mother on November 2.
Crown Prosecutor Sgt Vernon Pyfrom said the complainant reported that Adderley caused bruises to her upper and lower teeth when he punched her at her home last week.
Adderley admitted to the offence during his hearing yesterday.
“She burst my car so I punch her once in the mouth,” he told the court.
However, the prosecutor clarified that Adderley had actually hit the complainant before she had damaged his car.
It was also revealed in court that the two had a history of having conflicts over co-parenting.
Magistrate Kelly, who seemed familiar with their challenges, told Adderley that what he did was inexcusable.
As a result, he was sentenced to two months in prison.
Justin Henry, 27, also appeared in court after he was accused of causing $4,880 worth of damage to Bradley Bethel Jr’s Toyota Passo on August 20.
Police said Bethel, Jr, reported that he was at his girlfriend’s residence when the accused showed up and damaged his car.
After being arrested, Henry told police he threw a rock at the vehicle because he claimed Bethel Jr was trying to knock him down.
He also gave the same explanation during his appearance before Senior Magistrate Derence Rolle-Davis.
He claimed that Bethel Jr, to whom he referred as the ex-boyfriend of his ex-girlfriend, had damaged his tyres and later tried to knock him down.
“I told police he had hit the wall when he was trying to knock me down,” he said.
When asked how he knew the complainant had damaged his tyres, the 27-year-old replied that he found him “bending down” at his car.
Henry also told the court that he tried to make a complaint at a police station one day, but then saw the complainant at the same station and decided to leave because he did not want an argument.
However, the Crown prosecutor told the court that Henry’s account of what happened did not coincide with what the complainant had reported.
Ultimately, Magistrate Rolle Davis adjourned the matter to next Tuesday.
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