Jailed for beating ex-girlfriend

ALL OF JAMAL O'NEAL HURLEY'S CONVICTIONS are for his former girlfriend.

He has been convicted for assaulting her, threatening her and harassing her.

He's had to pay her compensation, been placed on a bond and has even been warned to stay away from her.

Yesterday, he got his first jail term for the latest offence against her.

"You need to work out that this lady is not for you. We need to recognise when people will lead you down the wrong path," Magistrate Christopher Birch told Hurley.

Hurley, 27, of Farm Road, Deacons Farm, St Michael, was in the Bridgetown Traffic Court yesterday, where he admitted he assaulted Shelly-Ann Gill occasioning her actual bodily harm on September 22.

"I ask she why she don't stop calling my mother and humbugging me," he said.

"She start to get on and I hit she," he added.

"In August 2007, you assaulted her and had to pay her compensation," Magistrate Birch noted as he examined Hurley's conviction card.

"That same year you threatened her and then in October 2008 you harassed her. Every charge you have is for her," the magistrate said.

"I think I need to separate you because the next time I see you, do you know what the next charge might be?" the magistrate asked.

"Murder," Hurley replied.

In the end, the magistrate jailed him for 90 days.

Prosecutor Sergeant Glenda Carter said Hurley and Gill had been in a relationship which ended years ago.

In September, the complainant was walking across Brighton Pasture when Hurley approached her and told her she had him in trouble with the law.

He then grabbed her, threw her to the ground and began to kick her about the body.

He only stopped when passers-by pulled him off her.