A DISAGREEMENT between two crab catchers resulted in Sheldon Simon, 23, being charged with inflicting bodily harm before New Amsterdam Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus.

He was not required to plead to the charge which stated that on August 14, 2014, at Number Two Village, he unlawfully and maliciously inflicted grievous bodily harm upon Devon King, called ‘Gaza’.

He was ordered to post $75,000 bail and was advised not to come within ten feet of the twenty-one-year-old virtual complainant.

Police Sergeant Godfrey Playter, prosecuting, said the VC and the defendant were both employed to catch crabs.

On the date in question, King and his brother caught a total of eight bags of crabs which were taken to the employer.

But suddenly Simon, who had only caught four bags, made claims that his crabs had been misplaced and was behaving as though King had stolen it.
However, King’s brother told him that the eight bags indeed belonged to the VC. This enraged Simon and being armed with a bottle and a cutlass, he rushed towards King and fired several chops to the complainant’s hand resulting in injuries.

The bleeding man was rushed to the New Amsterdam Hospital and doctors subsequently transferred him to the Georgetown Public Hospital where he remained three days as an inpatient.

The case is fixed for hearing at the New Amsterdam Court on September 15.

(Jeune Bailey Vankeric)