Ninja Man sets Man Free..after Dowsing the TV

KINGSTON (Star): The assault charge slapped on a man who was accused of hitting deejay Ninja Man with a stone was dropped in court yesterday. The man, Kevin 'Nashy' Maitland, was acquitted of the charge in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court. The allegation was that the deejay, whose real name is Desmond Ballentine, was knocked unconscious by the accused at the Horizon Adult Remand Centre in Kingston. It is alleged that on August 3, the deejay was walking to his cell when he was attacked. It is reported that Ninja Man was hit in the head with a stone that the accused had concealed in a sock. However, the deejay recently told the court he did not want to pursue the matter any further. He said he wasn't sure that it was Maitland who directly threw the stone and he had blamed him because he was the closest to him. The deejay said that he did not directly see the accused man throw the stone. The accused man had also denied the allegation and stated: "Your Honour, is a section with 48 man, an altercation was on the block, war between the whole block. Ninja Man dem throw water ina the TV and that cause the whole war." Ninja Man, 45, has been in custody since 2009, and is awaiting trial for murder.