A Courtland, Albion, Corentyne man was yesterday at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court remanded to prison after he was charged with two counts of attempted murder committed on his girlfriend and her daughter, on Wednesday last.
Junior Benn, 32, a Linesman employed with the Guyana Power and Light Inc, who appeared before Magistrate Peter Hugh, was charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm upon Sheveika Cameron, 32, with intent to commit murder.
Benn was also charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm upon the eight-year-old with intent to commit murder on the same date.
The accused, who was represented by Horatio Edmondson, pleaded not guilty to both charges and will return to the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court on April 21.
Benn on Wednesday last, accused Cameron of having an affair after he discovered that her phone was set on the ‘vibrate’ mode. However, after the woman denied the allegations Benn then allegedly began to cuff Cameron in her face repeatedly.
He then threw her to the ground and continued assaulting her with blows to her head, after which he opened a bottle containing a suspected poisonous substance and threw it into her mouth and on her face, twice.
Stabroek News was told, that Cameron’s daughter then held on to Benn and pleaded with him to stop assaulting her mother. However, the enraged man then turned his attention to the child and dealt her a cuff to her face causing her to become unconscious.
Neighbours then rushed over and rescued Cameron and her daughter after which they were taken to the Port Mourant Hospital. Cameron, who was initially admitted to the Port Mourant Hospital has since been transferred to the New Amsterdam Public Hospital, while her daughter who sustained injuries to her right eye and nose was transferred the same day to the New Amsterdam Public Hospital.
Commander of Region Six, Calvin Brutus, had said, that Benn while in custody, had alleged that the woman gave him a poisonous substance in his tea. However, the commander stated, that the man was taken to the Port Mourant Hospital where that allegation was disproved.
