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Barber fined for assault

Jul 16, 2015 News

Mark Fraser appeared before Magistrate Ann Mc Lennan on Tuesday to answer a wounding charge and was fined $20,000. He was also asked to keep the peace. .On June 30, at 121 Hogg Street, Albouystown, Fraser, a barber, assaulted Alasta Hall with intent to maim disable or disfigure him.
Fraser pleaded not guilty to the charge after it was read to him. He was subsequently remanded to prison.
Police Corporal, Deniro Jones, informed the court that Fraser and Hall  are known to each other. On the date in question, Hall was in front of his yard on his bicycle when the defendant (Fraser) approached him with a spade in his hands and told him to clean the drain.
Hall ignored him and started to ride away. Fraser then dealt several lashes to Hall’s head. Hall reported the matter to the police.
During the brief court hearing, Magistrate Ann McLennan asked Fraser what he had to say for himself
“He started to curse me about my mother so I drop some lashes on him; then he start fah tell me I is a mad man.”

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