A Belfast man has been convicted of assaulting an elderly neighbour by using his belly to "bounce" her away from his home.
be convicted of … ～で有罪になる、有罪判決を受ける
assault … 攻撃する、暴行する
belly … 腹、腹部
bounce … 跳ね返す、はずませる
Morrison Wilson, 58, claimed he was simply trying to get the pensioner off his garden path during a dispute.
claim … 主張する
pensioner … 年金受給者、年金生活者
dispute … 論争、口論
Belfast Magistrates' Court heard the woman suffered injuries when she fell during the incident in October 2013.
magistrate … 治安判事
magistrates' court … 治安判事裁判所
Wilson, of Rotterdam Court in Belfast, was found guilty of common assault.
be found guilty of … ～で有罪になる、有罪判決を受ける
Wilson claimed the victim had been aggressive and was "sticking her nose in" as he spoke to a motorist outside his home.
aggressive … 攻撃的な、けんか腰の
stick one's nose in … 余計なことに首を突っ込む
He told Belfast Magistrates Court: "With my big belly, because she was flailing her hands about, I just bounced her back."
flail … 振り回す
According to his account, she fell backwards, landing on her tail-bone area.
tail-bone … 尾骨
He also claimed fertiliser was thrown at him after the fall.
fertiliser = fertilizer … 肥料
Questioned by the prosecution about his claim to have "bounced" his neighbour away, Wilson replied: "What am I going to do? Grab her with my belly?"
prosecution … 検察当局、検察側
He added: "She was very aggressive, she wasn't getting her own way... and I knew what was coming next."
get one's own way … 思いどおりにする、我を通す
After a contested hearing, the district judge dismissed the charge of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
contested hearing … 異議申し立て
dismiss the charge of … ～の訴えを棄却する
occasion (v.t.) … ～の原因となる、～を引き起こす
But he ruled: "On an admission in terms of the defendant's own evidence there is a conviction of (common) assault."
admission … 自白、告白、自認
defendant … 被告人
Wilson will be sentenced next month.
sentence … 判決を言い渡す
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