Man gets 6 months jail for assaulting 73-year-old pensioner
– berates President Trump while in custody
By Shemuel Fanfair
It was a showcase of drama both in and outside of the Wales Magistrate’s Court when multiple Police ranks were forced to subdue Felix Thorman, who admitted that on January 2, 2018, at the Parika Stelling, he tossed 73-year-old Raymond Stephens out of a hammock before he assaulted the elderly man.
For this, he was sentenced to serve the next six months in jail while his wife was advised by Magistrate Annette Singh to allow Thorman to receive a psychiatric evaluation.
Drama unfolded outside the Wales Magistrate’s Court before Felix Thorman admitted to assaulting a pensioner
Prior to his court appearance, the defendant threw himself onto the road as he was being escorted from the Police vehicle that transported him. Thorman had to be physically removed and taken to the prisoner’s holding area in court in a state of partial undress.
While in custody, the defendant was also heard screaming and crying out as though he was in pain. At the same time, he was heard making verbal utterances against American President Donald Trump, indicating his disdain for the US President.
“I don’t like Trump; I don’t like da man,” Thorman ranted in the courtroom.
His behaviour in the court was so disruptive that Magistrate Singh read the charge to him on the prisoner’s chute (court steps that prisoners go down).
According to the prosecution’s case, Stephens, a farmer, normally vends his produce at the Parika Stelling. On the day in question, the pensioner tied his hammock to watch his produce and await buyers.
Guyana Times understands that Thorman asked the farmer if he owned the Stelling.
Thereafter, the defendant said that the elderly man cursed him and this was why he chopped down the hammock with the pensioner inside.
The prosecution contended that Stephens was dealt several kicks and punches about the body. The farmer reported the matter at the Parika Police Station and sought medical attention.
After hearing the prosecution’s facts, Thorman admitted to what he had done and Magistrate Singh sentenced him to six months’ imprisonment for unlawfully assaulting Stephens and causing actual bodily harm. Thorman was then taken into Police custody and later transported to prison.
