Couple on malicious wounding charge granted $150,000 bail each

Jan 10, 2020 News

A couple of D’Urban Backlands, Georgetown, was yesterday granted bail after being on remand for almost a month. Kenese Bobb and Kemo Harlequin were charged for an alleged brutal attack on their neighbour following a dispute.

Kenese Bobb (left) and Kemo Harlequin

The defendants were arraigned before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.
On the first occasion that the matter was called, they were not allowed to plead to the offence as the charge was made indictable.
It is alleged that on December 10, last, at D’Urban Backlands Georgetown, the couple unlawfully and maliciously wounded Jermaine Sampson with the intent to main, disfigure, disable or cause grievous bodily harm to the victim.
The court had heard that Bobb is a 24-year-old salesgirl while Harlequin is a 28-year-old fish cleaner. The couple has two children.
Police Prosecutor Gordon Mansfield, in relating the facts of the charge, told the court that the defendants and the victim are known to each other as they live in the same area, accessing their respective homes through the same yard.
On the day in question, Harlequin had a misunderstanding with Sampson. Bobb subsequently intervened. The couple later went to the victim’s home and reportedly started to pelt it with glass bottles.
This drew Sampson out of his home in an attempt to talk to them. However, Bobb and Harlequin held unto the victim and pulled him down his step. The couple, armed with kitchen knives, then allegedly inflicted several stab wounds on him.
Sampson was taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital where he was admitted as a patient. However, he was able to make a court appearance for the hearing of the matter yesterday.
Bobb had told the court that she was just a peacemaker in the matter; only trying to part the fight between the men. She also highlighted that she even received a puncture wound to the hand during the incident.
The magistrate yesterday granted bail of $150,000 to each of the defendants and adjourned the matter to January 27.

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