Pinchers Talks About Being Shot

Two days after he was shot and injured Pinchers opens up about the incident in which two were killed.

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Father beats son on suspicion of being a homosexual

Bjorn Burke, Staff Reporter

An irate father accused of cruelly disciplining his son for what he claims were homosexual tendencies had his bail extended when he appeared before the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court on Thursday.

The accused, who was charged with cruelty to a child, said that he witnessed his seven-year-old son in the street playing with a number of other children.

It is alleged that the accused accosted his son, scolding him that he is always in the street ‘with man’. It is believed that Brown ushered his son away from the roadside to their home where he sought to discipline him by stripping him of his clothes, allegedly using a wire to whip him repeatedly.

The court heard that after enduring a whipping, the seven-year-old fled from the house running breathlessly to a nearby police station in the nude. Brown was subsequently arrested and charged.

However, Brown maintained that his son exhibited homosexual tendencies as he played with other children of similar age. As a result, he sought to discipline his child as he says other parents were not taking the necessary action to prevent a reoccurrence.

“They are feeling on each other’s penis and whining on each other and these parents are not doing anything about it,” said a seemingly distressed Brown.

“It is called experimentation. It’s a normal part of growing up where they play nurse and doctor,” remarked Senior Resident Magistrate Judith Pusey. “What you need to do is talk to your child and explain to him what is appropriate behaviour. Beating them is not the answer. Teaching them is the answer. Now the way in which you beat him, that is what you are charged for,”

Subsequently, the accused was ordered to return to court on September 9 for a mention hearing.

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Parish Council being blamed for destruction of house by fire

The Thomas Parish Council has been accused of being responsible for the homelessness of five persons, including three children, who lost their home in a fire on Monday.

Councillor Hubert Williams of the White Horses division levelled the accusation during Thursday’s Parish Council meeting.

Mr. Williams blamed the parish council for allowing vendors to erect stalls along a section of South Street in Morant Bay, and turning a blind eye to the danger this posed for years.  He claimed that the stalls prevented the fire truck from getting to the scene of the fire.

Mr. Williams asserted that it was the Council’s responsibility to provide vending areas and allow for the free movement of vehicles and pedestrians in the town of Morant Bay.

The Parish Council has now called an urgent meeting with the vendors and the police, in an effort to have the vendors relocated.

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Police shooting in St. Lucia being investigated

The authorities in St. Lucia are investigating the circumstances under which a mentally ill man was shot dead by the police in Vieux Fort on June 16.

The police reported that officers attached to the Vieux Fort Police Station responded to a report of a suspected mentally challenged male causing a disturbance at La Ressource. Upon arriving on the scene, officers reportedly encountered a man “behaving erratically.”

Stones

The police statement continues that, on approaching the suspect, the officers observed him pick up two stones, one in each hand, and threatened them.

The officers reportedly responded by calling on him to put down the offensive objects; he refused and continued advancing towards them. The police again called upon him to stop but still he did not heed the warnings of the officers.

At that point, the officers discharged two non-lethal rounds of ammunition in his direction in an effort to subdue him. It was only when this failed that the police discharged a weapon containing regular ammunition, which hit him in the process.

Family pleaded

However, the family of Gabriel told the St. Lucia Star that they pleaded with the police not to shoot their son. They said it had not been the first time that the police had been called to assist in taking him in for treatment, but that he was never violent. They are also questioning why the police shot Gabriel in the chest and not possibly his leg to subdue him.

This latest incident has once again raised calls about police handling of mental patients. It is the second such incident in just over ten months, the newspaper reports.

SOURCE: St. Lucia Star

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Bolt almost gave up running after being booed in "06

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Thursday, September 12, 2013

USAIN Bolt has revealed that he came close to giving up sprinting in 2006 when he was booed by Jamaican fans for pulling out of a race injured.The star, who was only 19 at the time, began his leg of a 4×400-metre race at the National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica, but soon had to stop after pulling his hamstring.As he limped off the track, some home fans decided to boo him. Some even shouted that he’d simply given up because he knew he wasn’t going to win.In an exclusive extract from his new book, Faster Than Lightning: My Autobiography, serialised in The Times, Bolt describes how the incident left him questioning his ability as a top-level sprinter and his desire to continue his promising career.Bolt wrote: “Honestly, I had never imagined a time when a Jamaican crowd — my own people that had cheered me on so loudly when I’d won the World Junior Championships in 2002 — would boo me as I came off the Kingston track.“Forgot the pulled hamstring, this was pain on another level. I was only 19, and the criticism hit me hard.“First of all I questioned my ability: ‘I’m not good enough for this sport…’ I questioned the Jamaican fans: ‘Wow, I got booed in front of my national crowd when I was giving it my best.“Then it got worse: ‘Three years ago I started this life. Three years I’ve been injured. Is this really working? Should I really continue? All these things that I do, no matter how hard I try, this might not be for me. This track-and-field thing is tough…’.Luckily for the world of athletics, a chat with his coach Glen Mills was enough for Bolt to see sense and continue on his way to becoming the world’s fastest man. Daily MailTrack and field star Usain Bolt is a picture of contemplation at a recent press conference overseas.Bolt strikes his famous ‘to di world’ pose after winning the 100-metre dash at the 2013 World Athletic Championships last month in Moscow, Russia. (OBSERVER FILE PHOTOS)

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Cunningham delighted with being Digicel Ambassador

JAMAICA’S two-time Paralympian gold medallist Alphanso Cunningham is delighted that his hard work has finally paid off after being named an Ambassador for telecommunications giant Digicel.

Cunningham, who won gold in the discus at the 2004 Athens Olympics, and javelin gold at the London 2012 Olympics, will rub shoulders with Usain Bolt and Christopher Gayle in representing Digicel.“It means a lot to me and it means that the hard work that you put in throughout the years, and it doesn’t matter how long, but one day your work will show and it’s a great accomplishment and a great milestone for me,” he told the Jamaica Observer.“I must say many thanks to Digicel for the sponsorship, and to add a paralympian to their family. I am so happy right now and this encourages me and persons within the disabled community and my fellow athletes to just continue working hard, because they see where it can pay off,” he added.Meanwhile, Tahnida Nunes, Digicel’s sponsorship manager, revealed that Cunningham’s contract is on par with that of double Olympic sprint champions Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce.“We didn’t do him any less than anybody else. He will be signing a contract similar to Usain Bolt, Shelly-Ann Fraser and Christopher Gayle, and he will be joining a family of great men and women at Digicel, who make up our ambassadors,” Nunes had said after the signing.Cunningham, 33, currently in Lyon, France, with the team, has promised to improve on his regional record in the javelin with a world-record throw on Friday.He won gold in the men’s F52/53 javelin at the London Paralympic Games with a throw of 21.84m, and look set to improve on that mark.“Just look out for great things like what you saw at the UTech classic,” he said.The celebrated Cunningham shattered the world record in the F53 javelin at the UTech Knights Track and Field Classic in April throwing 22.83m and 22.75.m. The former record was 22.08m.When quizzed as to the level playing field announced by Digicel’s Nunes with the world’s fastest man and woman in Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce as an ambassador, Cunningham was more than pleased.“Now we see where all that changes. Everything changes. She announced that it’s the same with Usain Bolt. I am very shocked and honoured because it’s not always a level field,” he pointed out.“Now we know that we are level, it’s a great accomplishment. It’s the same sweat, same work and to be up on the podium, it’s the same podium they stand on and it’s the same. I sit on it and listen to the national anthem. It’s a great feeling for me,” said Cunningham.Alphanso Cunningham (second right) signing off on a contract to be an Ambassador of Digicel under the watchful eyes of Tahnida Nunes (sitting left), Digicel’s sponsorship manager, at the Courtleigh Hotel on July 12. Sharing in the occasion are (from left) Mike Fennell, JOA president; Suzanne Harris-Henry, of the Jamaica Paralympic Association (JPA); JAAA president Dr Warren Blake; Natalie Neita-Headley, minister with responsibility for sports; and Christopher Samuda, president of JPA. (PHOTO: LIONEL ROOKWOOD)

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