Woman to pay for damaging bike after losing temper

Melissa DeGrace yesterday admitted that she set a bad example for her children by damaging their father’s motorcycle because he angered her.

DeGrace, 30, of 57 Back Street McDoom, was ordered by Magistrate Ann McLennan to compensate Curtis Luke for the $50,000 in damage that she did to his motorcycle by October 31 or face six months imprisonment.

DeGrace was also placed on a bond to keep the peace for one-year after pleading guilty to causing the damage at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday.

Police prosecutor Deniro Jones told the court that on August 10, 2013, at McDoom,