Father jailed for chasing son with cutlass

SENIOR Magistrate Mark Wellington yesterday sentenced a 48-year-old father to six weeks imprisonment for chasing his teenaged son with a cutlass.

Krishna Ramkissoon pleaded guilty to possession of a cutlass with the intent to wound at Greg Street Extension, Balmain, Couva, when he appeared in the Couva Magistrates’ Court. Police prosecutor Sgt Lawrence Rondan told the court that on Monday, Ramkissoon got into an argument with his 18-year-old son Beejay at their home. The defendant took up his cutlass and chased his son around the house shouting: “ I will chop you up.” His son ran into the house and escaped. A report was made to the Couva Police Station and Ramkissoon was arrested and charged by PC Ramdial. Ramkissoon admitted to the magistrate that he was drinking alcohol at the time. He said he used the cutlass for work.