A 19-year-old youth was yesterday fined and released on bail after he admitted to using abusive language to his mother, but denied that he threatened to kill her.
Joseph Gray of 36 Seaforth Street, Newton, Kitty was brought before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts on abusive and threatening language charges.
It is the police’s case that Gray, on March 25 at the Kitty residence, used abusive and threatening language to his mother Sabrina Lythgoe.
According to Prosecutor Deniro Jones, Gray and a friend, Nathaniel Hodge, had been standing outside of the home making plans to go on a trip when Lythgoe approached and informed them that her son was not permitted to go. Vexed, the youth turned to his mother and cursed her profusely. He then threatened to kill her, Jones concluded.
Gray admitted that he had indeed cursed his mother, but denied that he had threatened her. “This is my mother, why I would threaten fuh kill her, Your Worship?” the youngster questioned when given an opportunity to speak.
Gray nonetheless apologised to the court and to his mother for his disrespect and promised that it would never happen again.
Prosecutor Jones raised no objections to bail for Gray’s threatening language charge.
Hence, he was granted $10,000 bail by Magistrate Ann Mc Lennan and fined another $10,000 for his acknowledged abusive language offence.
His friend Hodge, who had also been charged with using abusive language at Lythgoe on the same occasion as her son, was granted $5,000 bail for the charge.
The nineteen year olds will make their next appearance on April 9 before the Chief Magistrate.
