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AN unfaithful husband who sent a text message to his wife and told her that he had daily dreams of killing her and smashing her head against the wall repeatedly after he found out about her affair, spent time before a resident magistrate last week.
Allegations are that Owen Johnson, 34, has been threatening his wife over the past nine years.
“Every day I dream of killing you, just smashing your head repeatedly on the wall and I beg God every day to let me reach Canada so I can kill your lover, and just tief weh back on one boat and come back to Jamaica so nothing could be traced back to me,” Johnson said to his wife in the text.
Interestingly, the woman in her statement disclosed that Johnson was also guilty of infidelity and at a much greater degree.
She said that she found out within the first three months of their marriage that he was cheating on her and that the other woman involved was pregnant by her husband. She later found out that the same woman was again pregnant for her husband while she was pregnant with their third son.
Johnson, the St Andrew Resident Magistrate’s Court heard, sent several death threats to his wife and also threatened her verbally on many occasions causing her to be in constant fear of her life.
According to his wife in her statement, Johnson, on more than one occasion, told her “if I can’t have you no one else will”.
She said that he had also contacted one of her friends and threatened to kill her and also visited her workplace and threatened her.
“Cum, a today me ago kill you, me ago mek you call de boys dem and tell dem yuh love dem and nobody try signal nobody cause me nuh fraid fi dun yuh yah suh because me have a gun pon me,” Johnson is alleged to have said to his wife on one of the occasions when he visited her at work.
The woman in her statement said that she forgave her husband for his infidelity and for his behaviour several times and tried to work out their relationship but that he kept verbally abusing her and calling her derogatory names which forced her to get involved with someone else.
She said that he also told their children that she was sleeping with another man and that she was a “perfect slut” and even went as far as to show them a picture of her vagina after pushing her down on the bed at home. She said that he then put in an X-rated movie in the DVD where persons were having oral sex and told the boys that this was what their mother was doing.
The complainant said that her husband had also physically abused her even in the presence of others.
She said that she was at her friend’s home one night after she stayed late at a party when her husband came by and started punching her in the face.
According to the woman, she moved out of the house with the children several times but Johnson kept apologising and asking for them to work things out.
She said that he always found her no matter where she goes and on the last occasion in December 2012, when she left, he sent a text to her saying: “Me wa see you and de boys and if yuh nuh come yuh know wah ago happen”.
As a result, she returned home and had been there until Johnson was arrested on August 27 and charged with threat to murder.
However, the day before Johnson was arrested he reportedly texted her and said: “Before this week or month-end I promise yuh a flogging, a serious flogging and I doubt I care what transpire after. I know what you are doing and I am going to put a permanent stop to it.”
It is alleged that Johnson told his wife: “You are infectiously wicked and this is where this is coming from and some time from humanity is what I need and de best ticket to put me there is de deceiver breathing the same air as I.”
On Thursday when Johnson faced the court he admitted to threatening his wife verbally and via text messages but he said that he did so out of sheer hurt and frustration at his wife’s behaviour.
According to him, he had no intention of ever hurting her.
“I text her and tell her honestly but I don’t mean it,” he said. “This is my way of communicating and telling her am still hurting.”
Johnson in his attempt to justify his action also told the court that his wife had refused to listen to him and to end the relationship with her lover.
“She tell me say de time for woman to listen to man is over and a woman time now fi rule,” Johnson said.
He also told the court that his wife had caused him to contract a sexually transmitted disease and that when he goes to work in the days she goes to visit her lover.
“The last time I check, I gave you my last $100 and you found yourself elsewhere,” he shouted to his wife.
Johnson also told the court that when he told his wife that he was going to put a permanent stop to her he was not threatening to end her life but that she took it negatively.
“You sure you are of reasonable mind and sound discretion?” Resident Magistrate Judith Pusey asked Johnson.
“Why don’t you calm down,” she then told him.
The magistrate then told him that she was not going to consider bail for him until he calms down and told him to stay with her until Monday.
“You need to take 100 deep breaths. RM Pusey said. “You’re not the only person who goes through emotional problems and that does not give you the right to terrorise your wife.”
AN unfaithful husband who sent a text message to his wife and told her that he had daily dreams of killing her and smashing her head against the wall repeatedly after he found out about her affair, spent time before a resident magistrate last week.
Allegations are that Owen Johnson, 34, has been threatening his wife over the past nine years.
“Every day I dream of killing you, just smashing your head repeatedly on the wall and I beg God every day to let me reach Canada so I can kill your lover, and just tief weh back on one boat and come back to Jamaica so nothing could be traced back to me,” Johnson said to his wife in the text.
Interestingly, the woman in her statement disclosed that Johnson was also guilty of infidelity and at a much greater degree.
She said that she found out within the first three months of their marriage that he was cheating on her and that the other woman involved was pregnant by her husband. She later found out that the same woman was again pregnant for her husband while she was pregnant with their third son.
Johnson, the St Andrew Resident Magistrate’s Court heard, sent several death threats to his wife and also threatened her verbally on many occasions causing her to be in constant fear of her life.
According to his wife in her statement, Johnson, on more than one occasion, told her “if I can’t have you no one else will”.
She said that he had also contacted one of her friends and threatened to kill her and also visited her workplace and threatened her.
“Cum, a today me ago kill you, me ago mek you call de boys dem and tell dem yuh love dem and nobody try signal nobody cause me nuh fraid fi dun yuh yah suh because me have a gun pon me,” Johnson is alleged to have said to his wife on one of the occasions when he visited her at work.
The woman in her statement said that she forgave her husband for his infidelity and for his behaviour several times and tried to work out their relationship but that he kept verbally abusing her and calling her derogatory names which forced her to get involved with someone else.
She said that he also told their children that she was sleeping with another man and that she was a “perfect slut” and even went as far as to show them a picture of her vagina after pushing her down on the bed at home. She said that he then put in an X-rated movie in the DVD where persons were having oral sex and told the boys that this was what their mother was doing.
The complainant said that her husband had also physically abused her even in the presence of others.
She said that she was at her friend’s home one night after she stayed late at a party when her husband came by and started punching her in the face.
According to the woman, she moved out of the house with the children several times but Johnson kept apologising and asking for them to work things out.
She said that he always found her no matter where she goes and on the last occasion in December 2012, when she left, he sent a text to her saying: “Me wa see you and de boys and if yuh nuh come yuh know wah ago happen”.
As a result, she returned home and had been there until Johnson was arrested on August 27 and charged with threat to murder.
However, the day before Johnson was arrested he reportedly texted her and said: “Before this week or month-end I promise yuh a flogging, a serious flogging and I doubt I care what transpire after. I know what you are doing and I am going to put a permanent stop to it.”
It is alleged that Johnson told his wife: “You are infectiously wicked and this is where this is coming from and some time from humanity is what I need and de best ticket to put me there is de deceiver breathing the same air as I.”
On Thursday when Johnson faced the court he admitted to threatening his wife verbally and via text messages but he said that he did so out of sheer hurt and frustration at his wife’s behaviour.
According to him, he had no intention of ever hurting her.
“I text her and tell her honestly but I don’t mean it,” he said. “This is my way of communicating and telling her am still hurting.”
Johnson in his attempt to justify his action also told the court that his wife had refused to listen to him and to end the relationship with her lover.
“She tell me say de time for woman to listen to man is over and a woman time now fi rule,” Johnson said.
He also told the court that his wife had caused him to contract a sexually transmitted disease and that when he goes to work in the days she goes to visit her lover.
“The last time I check, I gave you my last $100 and you found yourself elsewhere,” he shouted to his wife.
Johnson also told the court that when he told his wife that he was going to put a permanent stop to her he was not threatening to end her life but that she took it negatively.
“You sure you are of reasonable mind and sound discretion?” Resident Magistrate Judith Pusey asked Johnson.
“Why don’t you calm down,” she then told him.
The magistrate then told him that she was not going to consider bail for him until he calms down and told him to stay with her until Monday.
“You need to take 100 deep breaths. RM Pusey said. “You’re not the only person who goes through emotional problems and that does not give you the right to terrorise your wife.”
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