A handyman sought after for making death threats to his sister was yesterday placed on $150,000 bail when he appeared before Magistrate Judy Latchman to answer additional charges.Following a complaint made by his sister, the police are alleging that Kurt Heyliger of 215 Deodiny Street, Prashad Nagar, Georgetown made use of threatening language to Somella Joseph, and further verbally abused her on November 29 in their home.
It is also alleged that, on the same day, he assaulted police officer Clive Clark, who was acting in the execution of his duties.
The father of three denied the allegations when they were read to him, and the prosecutor, Corporal Renetta Bentham, said that Heyliger told the VC that he wanted to set the house afire and let it burn with her in it.
She told the court that police officer Clive Clark, who went to the assistance of the terrified Joseph, was obstructed from performing his duties because Heyliger delivered a direct punch to his lips, which caused them to burst. However, the medical certificate was not provided to the court.
According to his sister, Heyliger constantly targeted her life in the form of harsh words. “He always keep abusing me, and he insisting that he will kill me, even up to when he was locked up; and when you question him about it, he denies everything,” she said.
Heyliger told the court that he pressure washes buildings for a living, that he never touched his sister in any violent way, and that the accusations levelled against him were “rubbish.”
Police Constable Clive Clark was not present for the court hearing, but the magistrate ordered that a writ of summons be issued for him.
The prosecution did not object to bail for the defendant, but asked that he be bonded to keep the peace. The magistrate then granted Heyliger $150,000 bail, and set the matter for recall on December 5.
When Heyliger asked for a reduction of his bail, the magistrate told him he could apply for that concession at the High Court.

(By Jenel Rockcliffe)