'You should be ashamed of yourself, I'd give you jail time if I could': Judge BERATES 72-year-old man with lymph node cancer for not keeping his lawn tidy because his treatment left him too weak

Burhan Chowdhury, of Hamtramck, appeared in virtual court Monday over a ticket he was issued in August because the grass, brush and trees at his home had overgrown, obstructing the sidewalk and alleyway. City ordinance requires property owners to keep public walkways accessible.

'You should be ashamed of yourself,' 31st District Judge Alexis G. Krot told Chowdhury. 'If I could give you jail time on this, I would.'

The judge called Chowdhury's yard 'shameful,' instructed him to clean the yard and issued him a $100 fine to be paid by February. 

'You've got to get that cleaned up. That is totally inappropriate,' she said.

Video of the incident shows Chowdhury's son attempting to plead his father's case. He told Krot his father was very sick and the family had taken care of the lawn, however the judge continued to dismiss the family.

'That is shameful. Shameful,' she said. 'The neighbors should not have to look at that.'

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Burhan Chowdhury with his family first came to the United States from Bangladesh in 2010, eventually settling permanently in Michigan in 2014, in Hamtramck, located about six miles from downtown Detroit, in 2016.

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