RoseFORMER West Indies cricketer Franklyn Rose has pleaded guilty to assaulting a Canadian tourist outside a north coast restaurant and will be sentenced next week.
Franklin Rose who appeared in court Thursday, played 19 Test matches for the Caribbean team and was released on $50,000 bail until his sentencing which is set for next Thursday.
Rose and Laurie Provencher of Bow River, Ontario, had an argument at a bar and grill in Ocho Rios on Wednesday. The argument spilled out into the parking lot where Rose allegedly slapped Provencher, police said.
Police arrested Rose later Wednesday.
Rose, a fastbowler, has not been playing for the West Indies team since 2000 following the third Test match against England during a tour of Britain.
He made his debut for Jamaica in 1993 against Barbados and first played for the West Indies against India at Sabina Park in 1997. He took 53 wickets in his 19 Tests, returning seven wickets for 84 runs against South Africa in 1999.
