Exotic dancer fined after smashing windscreen

Dec 10, 2008 News

“Ya Worship, I want you remember me when you eating your black cake this Christmas,” were the words of Wayne Walkins, 32, of 3416 Stevedore Housing Scheme, after he was sentenced by acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday.
On December 6, he damaged one minibus windscreen, property of Dexter Sealy. He pleaded guilty.
When asked by the presiding magistrate to explain what happened, Walkins said that, on Friday, he was a little “topsicated” (intoxicated). He said that he was entertaining a few ladies who were waiting on the park.
The defendant further added that he was wearing a “batty rider,” noting that he would normally “wear x-rated” clothes. He said that after he had finished entertaining the ladies, they paid him $100. When asked by the magistrate why he would “dress up in ex-rated clothes,” the man said that he liked to entertain the ladies and would do anything to make them feel better.
He said that the driver of the minibus became jealous of him. Walkins added that the driver of the minibus threw a bottle at him, and he picked up the same bottle and threw it back at the driver. He admitted that this caused the windscreen to break.
He further added that the man came out of the minibus and started to “beat him up”. He added that he was forced to run to a nearby shop for rescue.
The man said that the police came and took him to the hospital, where Dr. Bhiro Harry “give me an injection because he think I mad”.
“Ya Worship, I is not a mad man. I was just a li’l topsicated,” he explained.
According to Police Prosecutor Denise Griffith, on the day in question, at about 8:00 am, the accused was proceeding east along Commerce Street. She further added that the accused lashed the left side of the wind screen, causing it to break.
After hearing what the prosecution had said, the man interjected and told the court that he is a citizen of this country, and that he cleans the streets and does not get paid for it.
The man added that he just needed a week to repay the man for his windscreen. Walkins said, “Ya Worship, I won’t lie; with all respect, I just want one chance to prove meh self”. He told the magistrate that she was the only one that can grant him this small favour, and asked the magistrate for his pretrial liberty so that he could repay Sealy.
But the magistrate told him that he would have to remain in custody until the money has been paid.
He was fined $20,000, with an alternative of six months’ imprisonment.