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A magistrate has told an Englishman that while Barbados may be a small island, members of its population do not have \u201csmall minds\u201d.<\/p>

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Magistrate Kristie Cuffy-Sargeant has since informed 44-year-old James Patrick O\u2019Rouke, of 50 Peach Road, Willehall, West Midlands that he would be sentenced on Wednesday after he pleaded guilty to unlawfully assaulting a woman and resisting arrest.<\/p>\n

The court heard that on May 19, O\u2019Rouke and Charmaine Alleyne were at a deli near the ATM machine which the accused was using.<\/p>

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They struck up a conversation and during that time the accused reached over and placed money in her cleavage. She attempted to return it to him, but he refused. He then made a purchase at the cash register and as he was leaving, slapped the woman on her buttocks.<\/p>

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The incident was reported to the police and the Englishman resisted efforts by the law enforcement officials to place him under arrest.<\/p>\n

O\u2019Rouke told the Magistrate\u2019s Court on Tuesday that he had nothing to say, while Alleyne, who said she did not know the visitor, felt \u201cembarrassed\u201d.<\/p>

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After the facts were presented the magistrate said \u201cI am shocked. I am shocked, honestly, I am really, shocked,\u201d and informed the accused that he would be remanded for sentencing on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

But she had a message for him and other visitors to Barbados.<\/p>

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\u201cI am going to warn you and any other visitor who comes to this island. We may be a small island but we do not have small minds,\u201d she said, to which O\u2019Rouke, who has been allowed to stay in Barbados for three months,\u00a0 responded, \u201cwe were just joking.\u201d<\/p>

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But the magistrate was not amused saying \u201cyou think this is a joke. You disrespected a lady and you think this is a joke. If this is how you behave in your country, this is not how we behave here. You understand that?\u201d<\/p>\n

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