Teen’s skull fractures detailed in assault trial

A doctor found that then 17-year-old Lezron Robinson suffered multiple fractures to his skull and injuries to his left hand following an alleged assault involving a group of males, the Supreme Court heard on Wednesday.

During his examination at the Accident and Emergency Department, Robinson was found to have a depressed fracture at the front and back of his skull and an injury to his left hand. These findings were recorded by Dr Samantha Drakes, which were read into evidence by Consultant at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Dr Anne-Marie Cruickshank, on Wednesday as the trial of Shomari Jaquan Brendan Bourne continued in the No. 3A Supreme Court.

Bourne, of King’s Court, Lodge Road, Christ Church, is accused of causing serious bodily harm to Robinson with intent to do him serious bodily harm or to maim, disfigure or disable him on December 27, 2016. He is also accused of the lesser charge of unlawfully and maliciously inflicting serious bodily harm on Robinson.

In the doctor’s notes, Drakes outlined that Robinson, who was 17 at the time, was seen at 1 p.m., after he arrived at the hospital with an account of being assaulted by a group of males and stating that he had been beaten about the body with fists, bottles, rocks and stabbed with a knife to the left hand.

“He claims he lost consciousness, complaining of right-sided parietal headaches, nausea, decreased vision to the right eye, unable to open the eye with vision to the left eye normal,” the notes read.

Dr Cruickshank said that upon examination, Dr Drakes found that he had a superficial haemorrhage to the right eye and a laceration to the left forearm. A CT scan of his brain showed a depressed fracture to the back of his skull and his forehead. He was then referred to the Ear, Nose and Throat specialist and to the neurosurgeon on call and given appointments to the relevant clinics along with the Traumatic Brain Injury department.

According to Dr Cruickshank, the injuries to the skull could have been due to blunt trauma and the wound on the arm to “something sharp”.

During cross-examination by defence lawyer Harry Husbands, the consultant said that a person’s consciousness and memory could be affected by the injuries listed.

Principal State Counsel Joyann Catwell is prosecuting along with State Counsel Treann Knight, while Justice Anthony Blackman presides.