A family feud that has been festering for sometime has landed a quartet in court for the second time on charges of assault, unlawful wounding and threatening behaviour.
Christine and her sister Doreen Daly, both of Lot 2 Hadfield Street, Lodge, pleaded not guilty to the charge of unlawful wounding while their brother William Daly, of the same address, also entered a not guilty plea to an unlawful assault charge.
Doreen’s son William Gonsalves, of the same address, pleaded not guilty to the charge of threatening behaviour.
The quartet was granted bail when they appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
The facts of the case are that on October 25 at their Hadfield Street home, Doreen, 51, and Christine, 35, both unlawfully and maliciously wounded 62-year-old William. Gonsalves denied using threatening behaviour to William and William denied unlawfully assaulting Doreen.
Attorney-at-law Mortimer Coddett representing Christen, Doreen and Gonsalves stated that their faces were familiar to the court since they had a case of a similar nature earlier this year. He noted that he did not know when the family feud would end.
He stated that William currently has several matters of a similar nature pending against him in the court. He said that William had broken down his sisters’ gate on the last occasion when he was brought before the court and since then another brother had fixed it.
He said that William lives in a house in the back of the yard while Christine, Doreen and Gonsalves live in the front house with their mother.
The lawyer pointed out that in order for William to get in and out of his yard he has to pass through a passageway near his sisters’ house.
Coddett stated that on the day in question William broke down the gate and that sparked the family feud. He stated that when Christine attempted to phone the police William used a piece of wood to lash the instrument out of her hands and this was when Gonsalves voiced his displeasure at the situation.
He further noted that his clients did not cause any injuries to William.
He then applied for reasonable bail for his clients.
However, William’s lawyer applied for bail for him stating, “My client has been an eyesore to the three of them who take pride in insulting him and banking him.”
He said that the trio (Christine, Doreen and Gonsalves) physically assaulted his client, since they dealt him a severe beating and William has marks of violence about his body to prove the attack.
The lawyer went on to say that the trio would usually pelt his client with bottles and eggs when he is passing through their yard and would put “obeah chemicals” on the ground for him to walk on.
The matter was then called up to the magistrate’s bench where a lengthy discussion ensued with the quartet, their lawyers and the prosecutor.
The magistrate later placed both Christine and Doreen on bail in the sum of $25,000 each while she placed William on $15,000 bail. Gonsalves was also granted bail in the sum of $10,000.
The matter was transferred to Court Three for November 14.
