Burrows Back In Court, Argument Over Cat Food
[Updated] Tara Burrows was back before the Court this morning [Aug 16] after police were called to her house after an argument with her sister and niece over feeding the cats.
Following an overnight detention, Ms Burrows, 41, of Southampton appeared before Magistrate Archie Warner in Magistrates Court this morning.
She pleaded guilty to three charges involving the use of threatening words and resisting arrest; all of which came out of police action following a domestic dispute last night.
The facts read into the record were that around 8pm last night, Ms Burrows and her teenage niece, who lived in the same residence, had been involved in an altercation over the feeding of a cat which resulted in Ms Burrows throwing the cat’s food away.
Around 10pm, the niece’s mother [Ms Burrows' sister] came home and the issue over feeding the cats resumed, resulting in heated words between the two sisters and the police were called.
After police arrived, the Court heard Ms Burrows became aggressive and violent. After being threatened by Ms Burrows, police used a taser in order to subdue her and effect an arrest.
In the course of the struggle, Ms Burrows punched one officer and hurt the little finger of another police officer. After being subdued, she was handcuffed and taken to Hamilton Police Station.
At this morning’s hearing, the Senior Magistrate, noting that this was a second appearance on a similar matter that had started out as a purely domestic dispute, said that he thought it “ridiculous that these matters are before the Courts.” But he then said: “I will not tolerate police being assaulted when they are trying to do their job.”
Ms Burrows had been before the Court in June, where she was convicted of assaulting her sister with a kitchen saucepan during a fight at their shared home over a dispute over cookies.
In deciding and ruling, the Magistrate said: “These problems come about because you are all living together. This criminal offence has only come about because of your living circumstances. I will order you to separate in order to prevent your being drawn into further criminal acts.”
The Magistrate ordered a Social Inquiry Report and a Psychiatric Report. After open court discussions with representatives of Court Services and Child and Family Services, the Magistrate also ordered that Ms Burrows was to be granted bail of $1,000.
He then ordered her to cooperate with Court Services and with Child and Family Services who were to seek alternative accommodation for Ms Burrows and her two children. At this point, Ms Burrows cried out and broke into tears.
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I really wish the true story would be told. Because when u write only .05% of the story it becomes sooo misleading.
what is the real story?
real story? sounds like a good ol cat fight to me!
but really. These two are just ritards lol
Restraining orders come next , and than stay off the property , which is hers .
Sadly yes. And I guarantee you that this has been the plan from day one.
Get arrested over stupid things, because you know she has not gotten the loss of her mother her was her rock. And you know that she struggles to cope.
She looses she children and they get the house. SMH.
I think MAWI should be next.
Sounds like this lady needs some Anger Management classes. I guess the cat was a stray and she didn’t wan the niece to feed it?? Who knows but there is no need to act like that. Act like a lady please!
Meow meow meow Meow meow meow Meow meow meow Meow meow meow Meow meow meow Meow meow meow Meow meow! Meow mix
Lol! Did anyone else laugh at “…and hurt the little finger of another police officer”.
No.
Yes. I laughed at that.
Really… Isn’t that just part of the job. Please could someone tell me y the “police person getting they little finger hurt” …. Count?
Lol at the who situation! Its ridiculous!! Cat food?? Lol
Stress is mounting in Bermuda. If family can have such a heated dispute of cat food, what next. Bermuda we need to individually turn to GOd for peace within in stressful times.
Dear God,
Please help me restrain my sister from feeding cats. I pray that you give me the strength to beat her up (if necessary) and the powerrr of attorney in the court of law; and when the taser strikes!…I will loook to YOU for assistance, I will stand tall and give some police officers LICKS bie!
Amen
lol
Hilarious.
Both of you need to stop. The house was left to BOTH OF YOU! If you can’t get along then sell it and split the money. But all the rest of this needs to come to an end seriously. Ya mama must be rolling in her grave.
Take everything beginning with the letter “C” out of the house.
Will the next court appearance be over a cake?
this gave me tears. Thanks for the laugh this morning!
LOL!! @CS that is funny
Waste of time. Move out, take cat and be happy!
deja vu
taken from bernews a few months ago:
Police were called to the scene, and “Tara Burrows proceeded to try and bite the police officer while being arrested, leading to the additional charge of violently resisting arrest…”
So what, you can have cookies but the cat can’t have it’s cat food Ms. Burrows?!?!
Where’s the humanitY!! IF you were a stray human i wouldn’t put out cookies for you to feed on after hearing this. kit-for-cat.
She needs a Kit-Cat! Take a Break!
maybe the cat had previously taken some cookies !!!!
We are living in hard times – no peace!! cramped conditions not good – peace of mind is everything