Boy, 17, assaulted mother over $500, court told

Seon Gittens

Seventeen-year-old Seon Gittens whose mother told the court that he punched her after she refused to give him the $500 he demanded, had the case against him dismissed but not before being reprimanded by the magistrate.

It was alleged that on December 21, at Middle Road, La Penitence Gittens made use of abusive language to Nelly Gittens.

He pleaded guilty after the charge was read to him by Magistrate Ann Mc Lennan at