– fined $15,000 and $10,000 respectively

COLLETTE Hall and her son Kwesi Seaforth, both of whom threatened to kill each other, appeared last Wednesday before Magistrate Zamilla Alli at the Cove and John Magistrate’s Court.According to Police Inspector John Singh, prosecuting, investigations revealed that at about 10:00hrs on the 11th August at Paradise, East Coast Demerara, the two had an argument after Seaforth went home under the influence of alcohol and started to abuse his mother with a series of expletives. He then picked up a concrete block and threatened to kill his mother Collette Hall.
Hall, in the meantime, became enraged at her son’s behaviour and picked up a piece of wood while telling her son, “I brought you into this world and I can take you out.”
The matter was subsequently reported and both the mother and her son were arrested and charged with threatening behaviour towards each other.
After a speedy trial, Magistrate Alli found each accused guilty and ordered Seaforth to pay a fine of $10,000 and Hall $15,000.
Both of them were also bonded to keep the peace for one year. If in default, the magistrate indicated that the duo would have to serve two months imprisonment. (Odella Patterson)