A Lodge man will be spending the next 18 months in jail after being found guilty of abusing and threatening his teenage girlfriend.
Lennox Cort, 30, was yesterday found guilty of wounding and threatening 17-year-old girlfriend Roshauna Semple.
Cort, of 1717 Norton Street, Lodge, had maintained his innocence of the allegation that he, on May 5th, at his residence, dealt Semple several cuffs to her body and mouth, during a misunderstanding.
According to Prosecutor Jomo Nichols, Cort on the day in question, also threw her down the stairs and later took a piece of brick from the yard and hit Semple to the left side of her ear, causing her to receive injuries.
Additionally, Nichols said that Cort threatened to kill Semple. At that point, Nichols said, Semple ran into a neighbour’s yard for refuge. She subsequently reported the matter to the police before seeking medical attention at a hospital.