No bail in alleged cutlass attack

For allegedly injuring a man with a cutlass during a home invasion, Sherman Greene was remanded to prison.

Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes sent the St Michael resident to HMP Dodds after the prosecution objected to him being granted bail, as the complainant in the matter was still recovering from his injuries.Greene, 41, of 6D Rosemont, Deacons Farm, pleaded not guilty to entering the home of Anthony Alleyne as a trespasser on July 16, while armed with a cutlass.

Police prosecutor Station Sergeant Crishna Graham asked to court to remand Greene into custody based on the seriousness of the offence and the fact that the virtual complainant was attacked while in his own home.

She said while the injuries were not life-threatening, the complainant was still recuperating.

The prosecutor said Greene was also known to the courts.

Attorney-at-law Ashley Felix had asked the court to show her client leniency as he was the sole supporter of his two children, aged 20 and 10, his 67-year-old mother who has a heart problem, as well as his girlfriend.

She said he had his own fruit and vegetable business.

Felix maintained that her client was innocent until proven guilty and had not missed any of his previous court dates.

She acknowledged that while he did have previous convictions none of them was of a similar nature.

But Chief Magistrate Weekes said the offence was a grave one and had to be treated as such, before remanding Greene to prison until August 13.