Bartender Charged for Stabbing Common Law Spouse

BARTENDER CHARGED FOR STABBING COMMON LAW SPOUSE

Thirty-two-year-old Shawna Gay Powell, a bartender of O’Conner Lane, Mount Salem, St James, has been charged with Wounding with Intent following a stabbing incident at Sport Bar and Lounge along Barnett Lane in Montego Bay, St James on Friday, October 30.

Reports from the Montego Bay Police are that at about 11:00 p.m., a man was at the Sport Bar and Lounge when an argument developed between him and Powell, who he shares a common law relationship with. It is reported that Powell used a knife the stab the man to his chest, who then drove himself to the hospital where he was treated and admitted in serious but stable condition.

A report was made to the police, Powell was later arrested and formally charged with the mentioned offence on Sunday, November 08.

Her court date is being finalised.