A SECURITY guard, who was instructed by his employer not to let anyone enter the farm he was guarding, suffered a long-term injury after he was assaulted by a man who tried to get into the property.
The Bangladeshi defendant, who works at a cafeteria selling burgers and tea, went to the farm in Tubli to turn on the valve of the gas cylinder leading to his shop, after the victim turned it off.
When he did not let him in, he assaulted the Bangladeshi victim by twisting his finger. He was found guilty of unintentionally inflicting a mild yet long-term injury, evaluated as a ‘three to four per cent disability’.
The High Criminal Court sentenced the defendant to a year in prison, and ruled to deport him after completing his sentence.
The 37-year-old defendant earlier admitted in Public Prosecution hearings that the altercation happened, but he claimed not to have hurt the victim, and that he was wantonly accused.
He alleged that the 56-year-old guard twisted his own finger in order to extort money from him, since he had allegedly asked the assailant to pay him BD1,000 to stop him from reporting the matter to police.
“It was 11.30am and I wanted to inspect the gas supply to the cafeteria I am employed at,” the Bangladeshi, who lived in East Riffa, earlier stated of the September incident.
“I tried to call his sponsor but he didn’t respond, so I tried to force myself in. We had a brief physical struggle, but four people from nearby shops came and stopped us.
“The victim came to me and told me that I had twisted his finger, and went to the police station to report me. He told me that if I didn’t pay him off, he’d lodge a complaint against me.
“I responded that I didn’t twist his finger, and that he did it to himself. I said, ‘go report me, I didn’t do anything’, but then I received a call from the police, and here I am.”
The court heard that the defendant pulled the victim’s arm and twisted his hand and fingers. This led to fractures in his metacarpal bones, which are the bones of the palm of the hand.
A medical report stated that the victim’s hand healed incorrectly which led him to suffer from chronic pain that affects the performance of his hand – designated as a 4pc disability.
Meanwhile, the 56-year-old victim recounted that his sponsor wanted to remove the gas cylinders from the warehouse in which they were stored – one of which fed the defendant’s cafeteria – and asked him to guard the property.
“I was on duty when the defendant came to me, demanding to enter the property so he could turn on his employer’s gas cylinder,” the man told the Public Prosecution. “The boss had ordered me not to let anyone in, so I put my hand between the suspect and the doorway to block him, but he grabbed my fingers and twisted them.”
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