Man Pleads Guilty To Common Assault After Throwing Toilet Bowl at Man’s Head

Recently, a video depicting a man being physically assaulted by two men went viral. In the video, a young man with dreadlocks was depicted beating up another before another man joined in to assist in holding down the assailant. The victim of the assault has been identified as Mark Avilez. The footage also shows that, during the assault, a toilet bowl was thrown at Avilez. The incident occurred on March thirtieth but was not reported until a week later. The perpetrator has since been identified as thirty-year-old Emmerson Garnett, who was arraigned for two counts of common assault, to which he pleaded.  As Garnett was a first-time offender for a violent offence, he was imposed a fine of five hundred five dollars, including cost of court, which he was given until July fourth to pay in default of three months’ imprisonment. Garnett explained why he pleaded guilty.

 

Emerson Garnett, Guilty of Common Assault

“The reason why I plead guilty da because I noh wa waste the court time and I noh wa waste my time because I goy my job an di noh want lose my job same way to. You understand?”

 

Reporter

“You know in my view, you watched the video. You saw the video, right?”

 

Emerson Garnett

“Yeah, I saw the video.”

 

Reporter

“The video look like you? That person look like you?”

 

Emerson Garnett

“The person noh look like me but end of the day da me so I wat ek the weight of what come my way. You understand? Once I do something, I noh mind tek the weight of it tek the consequences weh come behind it. Besides that, once I neva do it, I just mi ah plead not guilty but I noh want waste the court time because I know I do it. So I just wat ek the weight of what come my way because I know I do it.”

Reporter

“You were charged with common assault, the magistrate questioned the charge.”

 

Emmerson Garnett

“Yeah.”

 

Reporter

“You believe that was common assault?”

 

Emerson Garnett

“Yeah because I noh use no weapon or nothing like that. I just slap the person. I just slap the person about three or four times.”

 

Reporter

“How about the bowl?”

 

Emerson Garnett

“I noh really want to talk about that part.”

 

Reporter

“But at the end of the day, did the virtual compliant want any court action?”

 

Emerson Garnett

“Well from the time they mek the report and thing and they charge me, it look like da mi wa court action ney wa so I noh mi wa waste the court time, waste my time, waste nobody time. So I just plead guilty. You understand.”