CLARENDON MAN SLAPPED WITH MULTIPLE CHARGES
Detectives attached to the Clarendon Policing Division have laid Wounding with Intent, Burglary and Malicious Destruction of Property charges on a man following an incident in his community on Saturday, March 29.
Charged is 28-year-old Gary Elliot, a construction worker of Twickenham Drive, Portland Cottage, Clarendon.
Reports from the Lionel Town Police are that between 9:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m., Elliot visited a man’s home, during which an altercation ensued. Elliot was instructed to leave the house, and he refused. He reportedly flung a shovel through the front window of the house, injuring the man. Elliot later climbed through the broken window and used a machete to inflict chop wounds on the injured man and a relative.
The injured persons were rushed to the hospital, where they were treated and released.
A report was made to the police, and Elliot was arrested and later charged.
His court date is being finalised.
