Man sentenced to one year for swearing at wife, son

The National National

A MAGISTRATE told a man who swore at his wife and five-year-old son that he needed to spend some time in prison “to change your attitude and behaviour”.
Magistrate Tera Dawai told Paul Joseph, 25, in the Lae District Court that his action was unbecoming of a father and that his family would no longer trust him to look after them.
He will spend the next 12 months in jail “to undergo rehabilitation programmes so you can repent and be a good citizen. Serve your term and think about what you did and change your attitudes and behaviour”.
“You said the unthinkable to your wife and son (last month) which is a disgraceful and
embarrassing thing a father could do to his family,” Dawai said.
“You did not show any respect to your family.”
Prosecutor Snr Sgt Vincent Suakai told the court that Joseph, from Pombom village in Kundiawa-Gembogl district of Chimbu, had been drinking homebrew on Aug 24 at Bundi Camp. At around 8pm, he went home to his wife Dre Kua and son and woke them up.
He held a knife and told his wife that the boy was not his son.
The next day, Kua went to her mother and told her about the incident which they reported to the police.

3 comments

  • this kind of ill minded people are not eligible to live in this country, it is better to send them somewhere else to slow the law and order proble in the country. least we will breed people with uncontrollable and insane minded if it is not addressed in a reasonable way.

  • Swearing Offences in this nature is very common in PNG, this is one of very few offences that the court has taken action on and it is great to see one ending up in jail for swearing….people who swear in public should also be jail for rehabilitation too…ill minded people as such reflect a sick society.

  • I think this is not serious offence that the father can be jailed for 12 months. Everywhere in PNG you go, such swearing happening. Who is going to look after his family from this missing periods. His wife would be faithful to this period while absent of her husband, I don’t think so. Who is going to give money and other basic needs. Sometimes, those magistrates must think long term effects before handing down the decisions.

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