Man freed of assault charges
March 08, 2010
A building contractor who was accused of beating his former girlfriend and then pushing her out of a moving motor car has been freed of assault occasioning grievous bodily harm by a jury.
Allen Campbell, 48, of Cherry Gardens, St Andrew, denied the charge and told the jury that the woman concocted the story because he told her he was going to marry someone else.
The Crown alleged that on February 27, 2003, Campbell assaulted Charmaine Green, a 41-year-old cosmetologist with whom he had a relationship for 13 years.
Unable to walk
Evidence was given at the trial in the Home Circuit Court that Campbell took Green to Bridgeport, St Catherine, on the pretext that he wanted to talk to her about the relationship. He boxed and kicked her and when she became unconscious, he dragged her into his car. While Campbell was driving along the Causeway in St Catherine, he pushed Green out of the car.
Green said because of the injuries she suffered during the incident, she was unable to walk without the aid of medication or a walking stick....
Author: Barbara Gayle
Source: Jamaica Gleaner
