A farmer was thrown before the court for chopping two cows which he allegedly saw eating his bananas on his farm.

Trevor Easton, 54, of Temple Hall in St Andrew, chopped the two cows in their back after he saw them on his property in Temple Hall on September 12.

On Thursday when he appeared in court, Easton pleaded guilty to killing or injuring an animal.

When asked by Magistrate Simone Wolf-Reece why he had injured the cow, Easton said: “Frustration.”

He then explained to the court that the cows went on his property and destroyed his pineapples and other produce that he had planted.

Easton in his court document reported that he had left for England in 2002 and left his farm in the care of the complainant but that the complainant allowed his cows to damage the farm.

However, Easton said that on his return to Jamaica he met with the complainant and advised him that he should keep his cows off the property and had even reported the matter to the police.

On the day in question, Easton said he was going on his property when he saw the cows eating his banana and he got upset and chopped them and then went to report the matter.

The complainant, for his part, told the court that he had 14 cows and that a police sergeant had spoken to him about the cows going on Easton’s property and had threatened to take them to the pound.

The complainant said he tied up the cows on his farm but one of the animals that went on to Easton’s farm was a little calf who could not yet be tied as it would used the rope to hang itself.

He said that the calf got a chop on its shoulder.

As for the other injured cow, the complainant said that the animal had been tied on a peg but that the cow pulled out the peg from in the ground and went onto Easton’s farm.

“When I look at the bull, fi him spine chop right into two,” he said.

RM Wolf Reece then asked the complainant: “Do you accept that your cows damaged his thing?”

The complainant in reply said he had not seen the damage.

The magistrate, however, came to the conclusion that both men had issues that needed to be resolved and ordered them to meet with the probation officer to discuss their issues and to return to court on November 6.