Welcome to Bahamas Local, Your Bahamas Online Search Engine

Police officer tells of injured guard at night club

Tue, Jun 22nd 2021, 06:00 AM
Court Tribune Stories

A POLICE officer testified yesterday how she met an injured security guard restraining a man when she responded to an altercation in the parking lot of a night club last year.Valentino Bodie was arrested after he was accused of causing harm to a woman and assaulting a security officer with a deadly weapon at Club Waterloo in August 2020.

He denied the allegations during his initial arraignment before Senior Magistrate Derence Rolle Davis and the case was adjourned for trial.

When Corporal 3862 Shakara Forbes took the stand, she said she was dispatched to investigate a disturbance in the bar’s parking lot around 7.35pm. She said when she arrived at the scene, she observed a large crowd, and when she approached, she saw a heavily built male in a Waterloo security shirt subduing Bodie on the ground. Cpl Forbes said the security officer identified himself as Ednel Pierre and told her the accused, who he was detaining, had stabbed him in his right lower leg and right finger. She said the man’s injuries were visible as he spoke to her.

The court was told that Mr Pierre then handed the officer a yellow handled knife with a broken blade, which he claimed was the instrument with which Bodie had stabbed him. Cpl Forbes said her partner then cautioned and arrested the accused. She added that night she spoke with a woman who told her she was also beaten about the body by Bodie. Cpl Forbes said the young lady claimed the accused attempted to stab her with the yellow handled knife while she was in her vehicle attempting to leave the area.

When the woman gave evidence under oath, she also alleged that Bodie had hit her eye which had caused her to have problems with her vision. She also said she knew the accused because she was friends with his girlfriend, but stated that their friendship ended because the woman had rushed to Bodie’s side to “check up on him” after the incident, even though she was the one who had been assaulted during the altercation.

During his testimony, Corporal 4159 Rashaun Jones said when he interviewed Bodie in custody at the Wulff Road Police Station, he initially declined to comment. Still, Cpl Jones said Bodie eventually told him he was involved in an altercation with one of his girlfriend’s friends. He said the accused claimed the young lady cursed him out before chasing him to Waterloo’s parking lot where an argument followed.

The court was told Bodie told Cpl Forbes the woman then produced the knife, which he tried to take from her. He said Bodie claimed he pulled out some of the young woman’s hair during the struggle. Cpl Forbes said Bodie also said the security officer came a short time later and confronted him after he saw him with the knife.

The case continues on July 5.

women were also thought to use sea sponges as tampons from as early as 3,000 B.C., through the fifth century. From rags as makeshift pads, pinning cotton and flannel into bloomers, to the sanitary apron, menstrual belt to the invention of the modern tampon in the 1940s, adhesive pads in the late 1960s, and menstrual cup – and now the period panty, which is being described as the next evolution in feminine hygiene, because every female of childbearing age will have a monthly menstrual cycle.
Although there’s no right age for a girl to get her period, most girls get their first period between age 10 and 15-years-old; the average age is 12, but every girl’s body has its own schedule, according to kidshealth.org.
And it’s the menstrual cycle and all it entails that Phillipa Dean continues to seek to demystify through The Dignified Girl Project’s (DGP) “My Period My Pride” seminar, as well as bring awareness to menstrual inequity, and empowering adolescent girls by educating them about their menstrual cycles.
While period underwear is by no means new to the market, more women have become aware of the option as many branded lingerie brands now offer their own line of period panties. And at this year’s seminar, Dean had one of her presenters speak on the undergarments intended to be worn during a female’s period to take the place of disposable protection products like tampons or pads – although some women prefer to rely on period underwear only during lighter flow days, using them as backup during heavier flow days.
Aldise Williams and Moana Maynard, DGP volunteers, led a session on the period panty, along with the washable pad and menstrual cup, with the use of a mannequin.
Dean, who is leading the charge in bringing awareness to the period and the many options available to adolescent and women, said she always believes that what a female chooses to use is her personal preference, and one that she has to make based on her flow.
She has tried the period panty, albeit not a branded one. She said she was shocked upon opening the packet to find the undergarments thinner than she expected, and in comparison, to regular underwear.
“The only obvious distance I noticed was a double liner, that was a waterproof fabric of sort, and it covered the entire seat from the front all the way to the back. Looking at it, I didn’t think I would be protected. Feeling it, it was lightweight and thin, so I was skeptical.”

 

Click here to read more at The Tribune

 Sponsored Ads