July 11, 2022
20-y-o slapped with assault charges following dispute with girlfriend
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Twenty-year-old Kirkland Nelson, otherwise called ‘Kirkall’, a labourer of St Joseph Road, Kingston 11, is awaiting a court date to answer to charges of assault at common law, illegal possession of firearm and assault occasioning bodily harm.
According to detectives assigned to the St Andrew South Division, Nelson was charged in relation to an incident that occurred along St Joseph Road on Thursday, July 7. Reports are that about 11:25 am, the accused and his girlfriend had a dispute during which he allegedly pointed a firearm at her before punching her in the face.
The complainant reported the matter to the police. Nelson was arrested on Saturday, July 9.
