East Ruimveldt man charged with brutalising neighbour and teen daughter

East Ruimveldt Housing Scheme resident Edmond Allen, accused of wounding and assaulting a mother and her young daughter after being confronted about his garbage dumping, was yesterday granted bail when he appeared before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.

Allen, 51, denied that on April 1, he grievously harmed the school-aged daughter of Jenny Mayers. He also denied that, on the very date, he unlawfully assaulted Mayers.

According to Prosecutor Michael Grant, the altercation had its genesis in an argument between Mayers and Allen. The man