A 33-year-old woman accused of wounding another was yesterday admitted to bail in the sum of $60,000 when she appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
It is alleged that on November 10 at Georgetown, Lavern Bamfield, a food vendor of 3 Aubrey Barker Road, South Ruimveldt, unlawfully wounded Neisha Sagan.
The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge of unlawful wounding when it was read to her by the acting chief magistrate.
When given a chance to respond, the virtual complainant (VC) told the court that she vends close to the area where the defendant has a similar business and could not say why the accused insists on always interfering with her.
Sagan said that on the day in question Bamfield approached her in a hostile manner and before she could enquire what the problem was, the accused began beating her mercilessly. Attorney-at-law Vic Puran who represented the accused told the court that he could not understand why it is that only his client was charged and not the VC as well. Puran said that Bamfield sustained several cuts and bruises in addition to bite marks about the body.
He contended that the VC should have been charged also since his client was injured in the process.
Puran then made an application for reasonable bail on the grounds that his client has no previous convictions, poses no risk of flight, has a fixed address and has been cooperating with the police in their investigations.
The mother of two was subsequently placed on $60,000 bail and her matter was transferred to Court Three for November 23.
