Cashew Hill man fined over unprovoked stabbing
A Cashew Hill resident who admitted to stabbing a stranger in an unprovoked attack has been ordered to pay thousands of dollars in fines and compensation or face several years in prison.
Kenroy Paige appeared before Justice Tunde Bakre in the High Court to be sentenced for wounding with intent over the incident on 21 June 2023.
The court heard that Paige approached a young man from behind and stabbed him in the side without warning. The attack was captured in photographs and video footage, showing Paige standing in the street holding a white-handled knife. Police later recovered two knives at the scene.
Justice Bakre ordered Paige to pay a $2,000 fine within 30 days or serve four years and four months in prison if the payment is not made. He must also pay $1,500 in compensation to the victim within six days or serve an additional six months in jail.
The compensation order is intended to provide some redress to the victim for the assault.
Paige pleaded guilty to the charge in April, accepting full responsibility for the stabbing of a man he did not know.
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You can stab someone and get off with 2000 EC fine. Please someone, tell me what I’m missing here?
This place call Antigua u get way with any fucking thing
Paige should’ve been charged with ATTEMPTED MURDER plus other relevant charges. Do we expect any better behavior from street criminals? It’s as if the courts, the government want VIGILANTE JUSTICE to take hold for them to act properly when it comes to charging and convicting criminals.
This is pure bull shit, that’s a slap on the wrist
Check out the police hierarchy! That’s why certain cases keep being pushed back further and further and ultimately simply forgotten. That’s why SINBAD the sailorman is still out there at large and no doubt in charge. The while damn Force needs a shake- up!
Y’all still expecting this government to fix the justice system in Antigua?
Y’all must be as dumb as a rock, or as gullible as a mongoose.. 😂
News flash (again). This present administration with Cutie Benjamin as the leader of the justice department, does not give to shits about the safety of the people. Crime fighting is not what they are good at, nope, they are very good at dwindling tax payers out of their money, that’s it.
Why y’all think so many people get fines ( instead of jail time) for violent crimes, including gun crimes, it’s because they love money more than anything else!!!
Y’all keep waiting for this government to combat crime in Antigua.. 🤣
Shoot first then ask NOT answer questions later.
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