St Helena : Court News (14/10/05)
Submitted by Saint Helena Herald (Juanita Brock) 17.10.2005 (Article Archived on 24.10.2005)
A man has been sentenced to 6 months in prison for 3 Offences including GBH.
COURT NEWS
By J. Brock (FINN)
An open Court session took place on Friday afternoon at 1400 in the Court and Council chamber of the Town Hall. Before Senior Magistrate, Mrs. Claire Faulds was Barry Charles O’Dean, who had pleaded guilty to five charges resulting from an incident that took place at the Globe Tavern on the evening of Friday, 07 October 2005. Mr. O’Dean was represented in Court by Kevin Kilmartin. Ros Cheek prosecuted the case.
Mr. O’Dean had pleaded guilty to the charges named and Mrs Faulds dealt with them in the order of their seriousness.
For the charge of Grievous Bodily Harm against Trina Berntsen, contrary to Section 18, Mrs. Faulds accepted that there was no premeditation and she took into account his guilty plea at the earliest possible opportunity. He therefore was sentenced under section 20 and received 6 months imprisonment.
For Actual Bodily Harm against Natasha Medford, Mrs Faulds recognised that there was no premeditation and that Mr. O’Dean had pleaded guilty at the earliest possible opportunity. He was sentenced to 4 months imprisonment to run concurrently with the sentence she imposed for GBH to Trina Berntsen.
However, Mrs. Faulds recognised that the action against LPC Collins was with intent and he was persistent in resisting arrest and created a weapon of a plank from a picnic table outside the Globe. Mrs. Faulds sentenced Mr. O’Dean to 6 weeks in prison for the offence to run concurrently with the previously mentioned sentences.
Mr. O’Dean received a one months sentence to run concurrently with the other sentences for actions contrary to section 39 of the Criminal Justice Act – Assault by Beating – against Mrs. Michelle Evans.
There was no penalty for criminal damage to the picnic table outside the Globe Tavern.
Mr. O’Dean will pay £70.00 Prosecution Costs.
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