NASSAU-A man won’t get a criminal record for assaulting a 12-year-old boy.
Senior Magistrate Carolyn Vogt-Evans discharged and warned 26-year-old Jamesley Isema, of Lazaretto Road, after he spanked his neighbor’s son.
She advised, “Don’t put your hand on anyone else’s children.”
The child’s guardian called police after Isema spanked him on July 14. However, the minor did not sustain any injuries.
Defence lawyer Domek Rolle said his client meant no harm. Isema, Rolle said, believed it takes a village to raise a child.
According to Rolle, Isema and the child’s family lived in the same yard.
He said Isema disciplined the boy after he refused to stop playing in a tree.
