Four men slapped with assault charges over two incidents

Four men were granted bail in different sums yesterday when they appeared before Magistrate Faith McGusty in two separate cases involving assault.

Shawn Patrick, 40, of 92 Railway Line, Den Amstel and Tedwin Allen, 43, of 76 South Vryheid’s Lust, were charged with assaulting each other causing actual bodily harm. Patrick was also charged with assaulting his common-law wife. Both Patrick and Allen denied the charges.

It is the police’s case that Patrick assaulted Beverly Thornhill on March 12, at Regent and Hinck streets. The police also alleged that on the