Sentenced to 30 days for assaulting woman

Entertainment manager Joseph 'GQ' Dawkins, father and manager of dancehall artiste QQ, was sentenced to 30 days' imprisonment when he appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court at Half-Way Tree, St Andrew, yesterday.

He was charged with assault occasioning bodily harm.

The Crown led evidence that Dawkins and the complainant were sitting in the accused man's vehicle at a service station on Constant Spring Road, St Andrew, when an argument developed.

The complainant, the court heard, asked Dawkins if he had any other partners which resulted in him holding her by the throat and hitting her in the face, head and stomach and biting her on the left arm.

Dawkins was ordered to apologise to the complainant, however, his apology did not sit well with Senior Resident Judith Pusey. The senior magistrate was furious at his actions and ordered that he serves 30 days in prison.