6 month's jail for grabbing a woman's bottom - Why Sexual assault should be punished severly

A MAN was sent to jail yesterday for six months for grabbing a woman’s bottom as she walked along the street.
Michael Junior David, 30, of Cocoyea, San Fernando, told the court that he was guilty of indecent assault and committed the act because he did not have a girlfriend.
Deputy Chief Magistrate Mark Wellington heard that it was at 8.15 a.m. on Emancipation Day (August 1) last year that the victim was walking along Drayton Street, San Fernando with her mother.
“The defendant walked up to the VC (victim) and grabbed her on the butt with his hand after which he walked away smiling,” police prosecutor Cleyon Seedan said.
The young woman reported the incident to police and David was arrested and charged with indecent assault.
Wellington yesterday asked David about his actions.
Standing in the prisoner’s dock, David said: “Ah doh have a girlfriend.”
Wellington asked if that gave him permission to touch the woman, to which David said: “I was not thinking straight.”
David, who had one conviction in the past for larceny, was sentenced to six months with hard labour.
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It is simply astounding in our society how often women are sexually assaulted by men who get away with their crimes. Worse yet , these same men will then concoct lies and say "She asked for it" or spin a story the opposite way to say that the woman in question was coming onto them and proceed to call her a whore , and thus add the crime of slander to sexual assault.
     Every minor sexual assault should be accompanied by jail time ,and women should be encouraged and applauded for upholding their rights . Not only will this result in greater respect for women, it will deter future cases of sexual assault and perhaps even rape.
  I'd like to assume that a rapist starts small and develops habits of taking advantage of women over years before he graduates to the full offence of rape. Nipping sexual assault in the bud can then be seen as killing a nest of viper eggs before they hatch.