Woman stabbed, beaten over doctor’s fee request

Jul 09, 2017 News, http://www.kaieteurnewsonline....doctors-fee-request/

A 49-year-old woman was stabbed and beaten by her boyfriend on Tuesday when she asked him to borrow $3000 to visit the doctor.

Andrea Brummell, of Lot 465 North East La Penitence, Georgetown suffers from high blood pressure and needed money to visit the doctor.

The mother of five reportedly asked her partner to loan her the cash until she received her salary the following day.

Her request allegedly angered the suspect and this resulted in a bitter altercation which caused him to stab her four times about the body and hit her in the head with a piece of wood. Brummell is now recovering in a private hospital.

The suspect was nabbed on Friday morning and has told the police that he was simply trying to defend himself.

Brummell, in an interview yesterday, said that she can barely recall what transpired. She has even lost track of the days.

The woman said that she remembers asking her partner to borrow the cash but does not recall when he assaulted her.

“I don’t remember what happened, all I know is that I got up on Thursday morning preparing to go to work. I was on one bed and he (suspect) was on the other bed,” she recalled.

From her hospital bed, the security guard noted that as she was about to get ready, she felt sick and asked her partner to take her to the hospital—the man agreed.

It was at the hospital that she discovered she was stabbed—two wounds to the leg, once to the buttocks and one to the spine. There were also black and blue marks on her body.

Kaieteur News was informed that the woman was previously attacked by the suspect, who will be making a court appearance on Monday.

$80,000 bail for man who allegedly stabbed spouse over doctor’s fee request

Jul 11, 2017 Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News, http://www.kaieteurnewsonline....doctors-fee-request/

A businessman who was charged with wounding his spouse was yesterday placed on $80,000 bail when he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts before Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman.

Fifty-two-year-old Barton Mackenzie of Lot 465 North East La Penitence pleaded not guilty to the charge which alleged that on July 6 at North East La Penitence, he unlawfully and maliciously wounded Andrea Brummell.

Police Prosecutor Shawn Gonsalves told the court that the defendant (Mackenzie) and the virtual complainant (Brummell) are known to each other for a period of seven months.

The prosecutor objected to bail being granted to the defendant citing the serious nature of the offence and the penalty the charge attracts.

Prosecutor Gonsalves told the court that the victim is hospitalized at the Woodlands Hospital in a critical condition and is scheduled for surgery.

The court heard that the victim received several puncture wounds to her legs and buttocks.

The defendant’s attorney told the court that his client is the proprietor of a motorcycle shop and has no prior matter in any other court.

The lawyer went on to tell the court that the victim is not aware of what transpired on the day in question, and for that reason bail should be granted to his client.

The lawyer added that his client was hit several times to his left temple with a hammer and he received puncture wounds to both hands.

The magistrate told Mackenzie that the condition for bail is that he must stay away from Brummell until the completion of the trial.

According to reports, Brummell was stabbed and beaten after she asked her spouse to borrow $3000 to visit the doctor.

Mackenzie will make his next court appearance on July 24.