One man is lucky to have four of his fingers still intact after a machete-wielding attack over the way he walked almost cleared them off.
The man was said to be walking down a street in the Corporate Area last week when a group of females and another man, Vivian Rainford, started making fun of the way the man was walking, claiming that it was rather girlish.
Reports continued that an argument developed between the man and the group as a result of the teasing. THE STAR was told that the man being teased and Rainford, soon started questioning the sexual preference of each other with one labelling the other as being a homosexual. The typical effemophobic profiling was the response as to link effeminate behaviour in men as a sign of homosexuality.
The name calling got so heated that a machete was brought into play. The man accused of having a 'girlish' walk, was attacked and chopped, resulting in four fingers almost being severed from his left hand.
A report was made to the police and following investigations, Rainford was arrested and charged with wounding with intent.
When both men appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court last Friday, many court goers, who heard the allegations, were surprised when the complainant walked into the courtroom as nothing was wrong with how he walked. That makes this case even more cumbersome as what could be the motive then for the attack?
The injured man also told the court that since the incident he has not been able to use his hand as the injured fingers cannot move or bend. Rainford, in his defence told the court that he was attacked first and defended himself. Bail for the accused was set in the sum of $50,000. The case returns to court on October 15.
Just the wrong walk or gait can land one in trouble though and as long as time has been effeminate behaviour or mannerisms are used as justification for attack or verbal abuse.
Peace & tolerance
H
The man was said to be walking down a street in the Corporate Area last week when a group of females and another man, Vivian Rainford, started making fun of the way the man was walking, claiming that it was rather girlish.
Reports continued that an argument developed between the man and the group as a result of the teasing. THE STAR was told that the man being teased and Rainford, soon started questioning the sexual preference of each other with one labelling the other as being a homosexual. The typical effemophobic profiling was the response as to link effeminate behaviour in men as a sign of homosexuality.
The name calling got so heated that a machete was brought into play. The man accused of having a 'girlish' walk, was attacked and chopped, resulting in four fingers almost being severed from his left hand.
A report was made to the police and following investigations, Rainford was arrested and charged with wounding with intent.
When both men appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court last Friday, many court goers, who heard the allegations, were surprised when the complainant walked into the courtroom as nothing was wrong with how he walked. That makes this case even more cumbersome as what could be the motive then for the attack?
The injured man also told the court that since the incident he has not been able to use his hand as the injured fingers cannot move or bend. Rainford, in his defence told the court that he was attacked first and defended himself. Bail for the accused was set in the sum of $50,000. The case returns to court on October 15.
Just the wrong walk or gait can land one in trouble though and as long as time has been effeminate behaviour or mannerisms are used as justification for attack or verbal abuse.
Peace & tolerance
H
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1 comments:
So what if it was girlish? People walk in all kinds of different ways around where I live.
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