It’s not often when a man who can’t walk ends up in court on a charge of breaking and entering.
But that’s exactly what happened to Dario Arlington Hollingsworth, who had to be lifted into the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court yesterday by two police officers.
He was granted bail by Magistrate Douglas Frederick two weeks ago after he complained that while on remand at HMP Dodds, he had been “diagnosed with a disease” which had left him with weakness to his feet and an inability to control his bodily functions.
The unemployed 23-year-old, of Henry’s Lane, St Michael, found himself back in court on another theft charge; this time for entering the house of Heather Dawn-Scott last Thursday and stealing a bag worth $150, US$300, BDS$100, two passports worth $250 and a Barbados identification card costing $50, belonging to her.
He was also charged with stealing a Barbados identification card belonging to Elizabeth Skeete.
In objecting to bail, police prosecutor Sergeant Cameron Gibbons told Magistrate Kristie Cuffy-Sargeant the charge was a very serious one and pointed out that Hollingsworth had 13 similar antecedents.
He said the accused was already on bail and “based on the strength of the evidence”, needed to be protected from himself.
However, in his bail application, Hollingsworth questioned how he could commit such a crime.
“How a man that can’t walk break into a man’s house?” he questioned.
He said his medical condition brought on dizziness and left him unable to control his urine.
“I will not get the treatment I will require in prison,” Hollingsworth added.
That wasn’t enough to stop Magistrate Cuffy-Sargeant from remanding him to HMP Dodds until December 4.
Soon after, two more policemen lifted him into a waiting police vehicle and he was quickly whisked away. (RB)
