Tag: wounding
Man stabbed in head at Coe Wood Beach
(CNS): A 39-year-old man from Boden Town has been arrested on suspicion of wounding after a fight at Coe Wood Beach at around 10:30 Sunday morning. The suspect was said to have stabbed the man he was brawling with in the head, according to the RCIPS. The victim was taken to hospital in a private […]
Man charged over machete attack
(CNS): A 24-year-old man from George Town has been charged with wounding, common assault and damage to property in connection with an incident of violence last Sunday. Police were called to a report of an assault at an address near the junction of West Bay Road and Eastern Avenue in George Town. A woman and […]
Teenager charged in family stabbing
(CNS): A 19-year-old man who is accused of stabbing his cousin, who is also 19, has been charged with wounding. Police said the George Town teenager appeared in court on Friday and Monday and has been remanded in custody until 18 September. The victim, who is still recovering from serious injuries, was stabbed multiple times […]
Man charged after stabbing in East End
(CNS): A 23-year-old man from East End has been charged with wounding in relation to a stabbing that happened last week at an address on Sea View Road, East End. The RCIPS said that early on the morning of Wednesday, 26 February, officers were called to the scene following a report of an assault. Two […]
Judge urged not to send ‘national treasure’ to jail
(CNS): A judge was urged by a defence attorney not to send local musician Dexter Bodden (61) to jail, when he appeared in court on Friday to face a charge of wounding. Nicholas Dixey described his client as a “national treasure” who brings enormous pleasure to people through his music. Bodden pleaded guilty earlier this […]
Man admits booze-fuelled stabbing
(CNS): Jonathan Alexander Woodhouse (24) has pleaded guilty to wounding another man in July outside a George Town bar in a booze-fuelled attack. Woodhouse admitted stabbing his victim during an altercation outside Vic’s Bar on North Sound Road and has asked prosecutors to drop the more serious charge against him of wounding with intent to […]
Woman admits stabbing love rival
(CNS): Lelieth Monique Welcome-Campbell (36) from George Town admitted stabbing another woman outside a restaurant on School Road earlier this month following an altercation over a man. When she appeared in Grand Court Friday, Welcome-Campbell pleaded guilty to simple wounding but denied wounding with intent. The crown agreed to accept the admission to the lesser […]
Local musician admits excessive self-defence
(CNS): Well-known local singer-songwriter Dexter Bodden pleaded guilty Tuesday, the morning of his trial, to wounding in a case of excessive self-defence, after discussions with prosecutors led them to agree on the facts and drop the more serious charge of wounding with intent. Bodden was accused of seriously wounding a man after he found him […]
Man charged over violent WB home invasion
(CNS): A 40-year-old man from West Bay has been charged with aggravated burglary, wounding and robbery in connection to a home invasion in the Batabano area of the district last month. He is the second person arrested in the violent incident and is expected in court today, Monday. In the wake of the crime, police […]
Ex-fugitive charged with attempted murder
(CNS): A 26-year-old West Bay man has been charged with attempted murder, threats to kill, and wounding following a violent assault last week on a woman he knows. Alejandro Cardenas-Powery went on the run last Sunday afternoon (21 October)Â after police and other emergency services were called to a home in West Bay, where a woman […]
Women injured in after-hours bar room assault
(CNS): Two women landed in hospital in the early hours of Saturday morning following an assault in a bar on Shamrock Road in Prospect. Police said Monday that one woman has been released but a second remains in hospital in serious but stable condition, and they confirmed that a 23-year-old man from Bodden Town has been […]