Wounding and assault charges yesterday landed two in-laws in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. However, Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton who heard the case subsequently dismissed the matters after the parties told the court that they no longer wanted to proceed against each other.
Letiza Nichols denied the charge which stated that on August 2 at Georgetown, she unlawfully and maliciously wounded Kwame Nichols, her brother-in-law.
Meanwhile, Kwame denied committing common assault on Letiza. His August 2 charge stated that he unlawfully and maliciously assaulted his sister-in-law.
Letiza’s attorney in her address to the court said that the parties live in the same house and no longer wanted to offer evidence against each other.
The attorney said that they had indicated to the police at the station that they no longer wanted to proceed with the matters against each other; but they were told by the police that the charges had already been prepared for court.
Counsel said too that the police told the parties that the matters must be taken before the court so that a magistrate can make the ultimate decision to dismiss the matters.
After listening to the lawyer’s submissions, the magistrate granted the parties their request. In addition, she reprimanded and warned them to be of good behaviour since they both live in the same house.
The magistrate informed that she would not impose costs on the parties since they had indicated to the police before the matters were taken to court that they no longer wanted to proceed.
The grateful parties were then informed by the court that their matters were dismissed after no evidence was offered.
