The repeated absence of Samuel Hinds Jr has again led Magistrate Geeta Chandan-Edmond to defer her ruling in the case where his sister-in-law has accused him of beating her with a cane and threatening her with a gun.
After eight successive adjournments, Hinds Jr was again a no-show at court yesterday when the case was called before Magistrate Chandan-Edmond for ruling.
Hinds Jr, son of Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, was charged over the beating of Tenza Lane with a cane and threatening her with a gun. Lane is the sister of Hinds Jr’s reputed wife.
It was alleged that Hinds Jr of Lot 83 Duke Street, Kingston, then 33,