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ANTIGUA OBSERVER: An Ottos man has been sentenced to spend five months at His Majesty’s Prison for assaulting his ex-girlfriend and entering her home unlawfully.
Earlier this week, Hopeton Roach pleaded guilty to assaulting the woman, unlawfully entering her property, and possessing a weapon with intent to commit a crime.
The victim is Roach’s former partner, to whom he still gave rides to and from work despite their relationship ending last year due to reported abuse.
It is said that on March 22, 2025, Roach arrived at the victim’s residence uninvited, forcibly entered her home, and confronted her aggressively.
The situation escalated when Roach physically assaulted the woman, grabbing her by her hair and forcing her to the ground.
The court heard that Roach then obtained a knife from the kitchen and made threatening statements toward the victim.
The confrontation was interrupted when the victim’s brother entered the home, at which point Roach set the weapon aside.
After eventually leaving the premises, Roach reportedly attempted to re-enter through various windows without success.
The victim subsequently contacted law enforcement to report the incident.
On Monday, Magistrate Ngaio Emanuel handed down a sentence of five months for assault, one month for weapon possession, and one month for unlawful entry.
The sentences will run concurrently which means he will only spend five months behind bars.
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Tarl! Dis PUNK ya a haffu mad!! Move on dude!!! She nah want you!
But if she don’t want anything to do with this guy why continue to take ride from him🤔? Yes, some relationships can have an ending with both persons being cordial! But this sounds more than that!! He’s no punk, if she don’t want him why continue to take rides from him too and from work on a daily? YOU ENDED THE RELATIONSHIP BECAUSE OF ABUSED, then leave the man alone find rides from another source!!!!! Some people causes invited issues. This could have been avoided!
Oh no ANR. Why did you do that?
Look at the headline and look at the picture that you have used.
Are you associating Gaston Browne with domestic violence on a woman?
Please don’t tell me that Gassy beats Pixie.
I know he had her on his radio and his favorite host questioned her fidelity.
I hope he has not been bearing her.
I also hope she doesn’t have to paint herself in make up to go to work.
Then again Gassy it is.your news portal.
So if they discredit you, ‘All is fair in love and war”.
@concerned resident, I agree with you 💯 👍
Straight shooter needs to, in the public interest focus and aim at itself!!!
Slaps on the wrist as handed down to this would-be murderer (mere 5 months) are what enable crap like straight shooter to, without provocation, spew such nasty froth about women in general and our First Lady in particular. Clearly it was conceived in some barn or outhouse and birthed by a cow! I guess this is the price women in Antigua must pay having to live among stable turd like Loser Shooter
Can the Police object to this glaring injustice reflected in this nonsensical sentence???? What if that womans brother had not walked in when he did??? The very fact that returned afterwards for a possible repeat performance spells serious problems in the not-too-distant future. That’s where your concern should be, Loser Shooter!
Maybe she didn’t specify what types of rides he’s allowed to give
Why sentences have to run concurrently what about consecutively isn’t that word known to magistrates and judges