Nah go a jail again - Inmate says cellmates beat him in lock-up

A Kingston man on Thursday vowed to never commit any more wrongdoing, after he said he was forced to sleep on the floor by hardened criminals while he was in custody for three weeks.

Omar Golding, during his sentencing hearing, stressed to the judge that his cellmates, who he said were murderers, also beat him after he shared that he was in custody for breaking windows at his ex-girlfriend's home.

"I learn my lesson, never again. I am so sorry, I won't let it happen again, I can guarantee you that," Golding told Senior Parish Judge Lori-Anne Cole-Montaque in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court.

"How was that for you considering the only thing you can do is mash up window?" the judge queried.

"Every day me pray to father God say me must come out of this," Golding shared. He pleaded guilty on January 24 to malicious destruction of property before the senior jurist. It was shared in court by the complainant that Golding gained entry to the house and used stones to break windows and two light bulbs.

But Cole-Montaque remanded him in custody, after the complainant said that their relationship had ended as he became abusive, even though Golding maintained that they were still romantically involved.

"I remanded you in custody because I don't think you understood that the lady was done with you. It was not just the window that had me concerned, it was the obsessive behaviour," the judge told Golding.

"I understand now, so the next time I won't do it," the defendant assured her.

"So you really go tell them say a window you mash and you in a cell with murderer? Me would have to put a little spice in the thing," the senior jurist said, evoking laughter in the courtroom. She also contended that she was "happy that Golding had a period of discomfort", as he needed to have a harsh shock of reality.

Cole-Montaque then warned Golding not to do anything to disturb the complainant's peace of mind, to which he promised that he would not.

He was then sentenced to four months' imprisonment at hard labour suspended for a year. Golding also paid $30,000 for the damage to the windows.