Stoute says he broke window to rescue former girlfriend

Conductor Shaqueale Kimal Stoute claimed he was lied to and did not know what was going on when he broke a window to get his former girlfriend out of another man’s house.

The 26-year-old, of Hillbury Road, Brittons Hill, St Michael, gave the explanation over the weekend in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court where he pleaded guilty to damaging a window belonging to Randolph Brewster on July 21, 2019.

Prosecutor Theodore McClean addressing Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes disclosed that Stoute went with the young lady to the complainant’s residence. According to him the woman had offered herself to the complainant for $60 but she reneged on her part of the transaction and tried to leave with the cash. An argument ensued when complainant prevented her from doing so. Stoute who was on the outside broke a window allowing the young lady to get out.

In court on Saturday Stoute explained that the young woman was his girlfriend at the time and had asked him to accompany her to Brewster’s house that night because “she did not like how he duh sound on de phone”.

He added: “Honestly, I did not know what was going on inside between two of those but she lied to me about certain things.”

Stoute further explained that while waiting he heard the woman saying, ‘let me go’ and Brewster responding ‘give me back my money’. On hearing “scuffling” inside he approached the door and started knocking but no one answered.

“So I end up on the bedroom side and hitting on the window and as I was hitting on the window my hand broke the window and I get cut and had to get seven stitches. From then she pushed out the net, come through the window to escape,” Stoute stated.

While at the hospital, he said, two officers questioned him and he told them “I ain’t went to do it, it happened by mistake.” He said police told him Brewster wanted his money back from the woman.

“I told her to give the police the money and the man said he wanted the window fixed,” he added.

Stoute was also adamant that he had no issue with compensating Brewster but was waiting on police to come back to him. He said he also went several times to “deal” with the window but Brewster did not come out to him.

He admitted that he only found out the extent of what took place that night between the two when he was charged.

Stoute who returns to court in June, was ordered to pay for the damaged window.