NASSAU-A 23-year-old pregnant woman has been jailed for six months after she admitted knocking a teenager with her car.
Senior Magistrate Carolyn Vogt-Evans handed down the sentence after convicting Tiffany Melissa Johnson assault with a dangerous instrument and causing harm.
The court heard how Johnson tried to mow down a 17-year-old boy as he walked on Butler Street in Nassau Village on July 20.
The child jumped out of the way, but still received minor injuries, the prosecutor Sergeant Kendrick Bauld said.
The expectant mother claimed it all began when the boy cracked her windshield with a rock. Johnson said she turned around and tried to hit him.
Johnson provided the same motive when questioned by police. However, they found her claim “unfounded”, the court heard.
According to Johnson, she had made numerous complaints against the teen. Johnson said after she fell out with his sister, the boy kept bothering her.
This harassment included calling her names and wetting her with water. However, she claimed police never acted on her complaints.
Condemning vigilante justice, Magistrate Vogt-Evans sentenced Johnson to six months.
Johnson begged for leniency, saying that she was due in December.
But the magistrate said pregnancy did not justify a non-custodial sentence.
