A fireman has been sentenced to serve 36 months in prison after being found guilty of wounding another man during an altercation.
Stephen Wellington, 35, of Sophia, was sentenced after being found guilty by city magistrate Geeta Chandan-Edmond of the charge that he unlawfully and maliciously wounded Jevon Glasgow, with intent to maim, disfigure, disable or cause him grievous bodily harm on June 3, at Georgetown.
According to the prosecutor’s case, Glasgow was ascending the stairs of an apartment building with a bucket of water, which accidentally fell and hit Wellington, who was standing below the stairs. An argument ensued and the two began pelting each other with bottles.
The court was told that Glasgow was cut to his chin by flints of the bottle that Wellington threw at him.
The men were then engaged in a fight, during which Wellington, who had a knife on his person at the time, chopped Glasgow to the left side of his forehead.
During the altercation, prosecutor Jomo Nichols said that Glasgow sustained a fractured skull, which required stitches, and he was hospitalised for two days.
The matter was reported, investigations were conducted and Wellington was subsequently arrested and charged.
Wellington pleaded not guilty at his first appearance before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry on July 18.
He was admitted to bail in the sum of $100,000 and the case was subsequently transferred before Magistrate Chandan-Edmond, who presided over the trial.
Three prosecution witnesses and two defensc witnesses were called to testify at the trial, which commenced on July 31.
