A man from Belfast in Northern Ireland has been convicted of assaulting
an elderly neighbor by using his belly to “bounce” her away from his
home. Morrison Wilson, 58, claimed he was simply trying to get the
pensioner out of his garden path during a dispute.
Belfast Magistrates Court heard the woman suffered injuries when she
fell during the incident in October 2013.
Wilson denied a charge of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
Although he was acquitted of that offense a judge found him guilty of a
lesser common assault.
Wilson claimed the victim had been aggressive and “sticking her nose in” as he spoke to a motorist outside his home. He told Belfast Magistrates’ Court: “With my big belly, because she was flailing her hands about, I just bounced her back.” According to his account she fell backwards, landing on her tail bone area. He also claimed fertilizer was flung at him after the fall.
Questioned by the prosecution about his claim to have bounced his neighbor, Wilson replied: “What am I going to do? Grab her with my belly?” He added: “She was very aggressive, she wasn’t getting her own way... and I knew what was coming next.” Following a contested hearing District Judge Ken Nixon dismissed the assault occasioning actual bodily harm charge. But he ruled: “On an admission in terms of the defendant’s own evidence there is a conviction of [common] assault.” Wilson will return to court to be sentenced next month.
Wilson claimed the victim had been aggressive and “sticking her nose in” as he spoke to a motorist outside his home. He told Belfast Magistrates’ Court: “With my big belly, because she was flailing her hands about, I just bounced her back.” According to his account she fell backwards, landing on her tail bone area. He also claimed fertilizer was flung at him after the fall.
Questioned by the prosecution about his claim to have bounced his neighbor, Wilson replied: “What am I going to do? Grab her with my belly?” He added: “She was very aggressive, she wasn’t getting her own way... and I knew what was coming next.” Following a contested hearing District Judge Ken Nixon dismissed the assault occasioning actual bodily harm charge. But he ruled: “On an admission in terms of the defendant’s own evidence there is a conviction of [common] assault.” Wilson will return to court to be sentenced next month.
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