TWENTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD Dellon Harris of Lot 91 Best Road, West Coast Demerara appeared yesterday before Georgetown Magistrate Faith McGusty on a felonious wounding charge which detailed that he wounded Cedrick Bradshaw with intent to maim, disfigure, or cause him actual bodily harm on January 1, 2013 at Water Street, Georgetown.

He had made his first appearance to answer this charge on March 26, 2013 before Magistrate Judy Latchman, and had pleaded not guilty. At this trial, the prosecution asserted that both individuals were serving members of the Guyana Fire Service, and on the day in question, Bradshaw was on duty at the fire station when Harris and other squad members went there to make telephone calls to greet fellow workers for the New Year.

The defendant and the VC had an exchange of words in which they called each other foul names, and
Harris registered several cuffs to Bradshaw’s face and other parts of his body, knocking out four of his teeth.

The matter was reported, investigations were carried out, and Dellon Harris was arrested and charged. A total of ten witnesses testified in the matter, and two defence witnesses who testified in the matter eventually supported the prosecution’s case.

Harris was found guilty as charged, and was sentenced to 48 months’ imprisonment for felonious wounding. He was represented by attorney-at-law Mr. Michael Sommersall, whilst Police Prosecutor Seon Blackman prosecuted the matter.