Liberta Man Sentenced to Two Months in Prison for Assaulting Woman with Cutlass

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Police are investigating three separate wounding incidents that occurred across the weekend, leaving multiple men injured in unrelated attacks. The first report came on Saturday when a Barbudan man told officers he was struck in the head with a glass bottle during an altercation. His injury was assessed as non-life-threatening, and detectives have since launched an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the attack. Early Sunday morning, around 12:20 a.m., police were called to St. George Street following another report of a violent assault. A Grays Farm man was transported to the Sir Lester Bird Medical Centre with a head wound believed to have been caused by a cutlass. Police Probing Three Weekend Wounding Incidents

Adrian Nurse, a 50-year-old resident of Liberta, has been sentenced to two months in prison after admitting to a series of charges stemming from an alarming incident involving a female victim.

In court on Monday, Nurse pleaded guilty to assaulting Chelsea Matthias, wielding a cutlass as an offensive weapon, and using menacing language.

The incident occurred on March 19, when Nurse approached Matthias armed with a cutlass, allegedly with the intention to inflict harm.

Reports indicate that he held the weapon just inches away from her face, threatening to harm her.

For his actions, Nurse received a sentence of two months and seven days for the assault, one month for carrying the cutlass, and an additional fourteen days for his threatening behavior.

All sentences will be served concurrently.

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Comments (6)

  • Antigua Surf March 25, 2025, 7:53 AM

    2 months? Don’t you think that once this two months is up, he might be out there maybe killing her this time? oh i forget, the court don’t ever consider.
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    • SMH March 25, 2025, 8:30 AM

      So you want the Court to sentence him for something he MIGHT do in the future?!? You’re hilarious 😂
      Reply
  • Devorn Carter March 25, 2025, 8:01 AM

    Yes. this is not even enough. cause why would he attach a young lady with a cutlass. what if he did infact hurt her
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  • Stone March 25, 2025, 9:28 AM

    He threatened her which was wrong but he did not harm her..
    Reply
    • Unruly One March 25, 2025, 12:22 PM

      😂 it’s a laughable case but he do the crime. Let him do the time.
      Reply
  • Luka Johnson March 25, 2025, 10:58 AM

    two months is very little
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