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A 60-year-old nightclub manager threatened to kill his young barmaid after indecently assaulting her.

With Police outside the Hamilton bar, Leonard Rinktown Tacklyn told his distraught victim: "If you open your mouth I'll kill you''.

He eventually let the officers in, and the 23-year-old barmaid fled into the street.

Sobbing and shaking uncontrollably, she was finally stopped by two Policemen.

The woman's ordeal was relayed in Supreme Court yesterday by Crown Counsel Mr.

Stephen Harrison.

Tacklyn, of Mission Lane, Pembroke, has pleaded guilty to indecently assaulting Miss Karyn Moniz.

The incident occurred at the Sparrow's Nest Club, Reid Street, on March 21.

Mr. Harrison said Miss Moniz and Tacklyn were alone on the premises at about 4.40 a.m. after completing routine chores.

As Miss Moniz went to leave Tacklyn gripped her by the hair flowing out beneath her cycle helmet and pulled her on to the floor.

He struggled with her as she tried to get up, saying: "You want to flirt all night you get what you ask for.'' "The accused got on top of the complainant as she fought to get up and screamed,'' said Mr. Harrison. "He kissed her neck, face and mouth as he pinned her.'' Mr. Harrison said Tacklyn let Miss Moniz go and stood up after the telephone behind the bar rang.

"She gained her feet, ran to the phone and screamed into the receiver before he grabbed the receiver and ended the call.'' Mr. Harrison said the call was from Miss Moniz's boyfriend Mr. Maurice Binns.

He had called to see why she was late.

Hearing his girlfriend screaming and the phone going dead, Mr. Binns telephoned the Police.

He then went to the club where he met Police officers.

Mr. Harrison went on: "In the interim the complainant had left the telephone behind the bar from which no outgoing calls could be made and ran to a back room to another phone, pursued by Tacklyn.

"Several times Tacklyn cut off her calls to 911 and wrestled with her for the receiver, striking her in the face with an open palm.

"The complainant turned and ran towards another room but he caught her and threw her against an ice machine. She asked him to let her go but he refused.'' Mr. Harrison said the pair heard Tacklyn's name being called by Mr. Binns and Policemen.

"Tacklyn told Miss Moniz that `if you open your mouth I'll kill you'. After a pause Tacklyn walked to the back room and the door.

"Eventually Tacklyn opened the door to Binns and the officers.'' Mr. Harrison said a few seconds later Miss Moniz bolted out the door past her boyfriend and the Police officers.

She ran along Reid Street and north on Court Street where she was eventually stopped by Mr. Binns and P.c. Simons.

Said Mr. Harrison: "She was at that point visibly distressed, sobbing and trembling uncontrollably. The complainant was medically examined and suffered pain and bruising to her back and both thighs.'' Mr. Harrison said Miss Moniz had started work at the club in February 1992.

Tacklyn had made a number of unwelcome advances.

Tacklyn's lawyer Mr. Peter Farge asked for a social inquiry report.

He added he would be producing witnesses to give evidence about the relationship between his client and Miss Moniz.

Puisne Judge the Hon. Mrs. Justice Wade agreed to a report and adjourned the case for sentencing until July 5.