IT was all due to a “simple misunderstanding” that led best friends before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan on Friday, both charged with badly wounding each other during a fight.Rayon Debideen, 21, was charged for wounding his friend, Noah Walberg on January 24, 2017 at Yarakita Village, in the North West District. The unrepresented miner denied the charge.

Walberg, 19 and his friend, Patrick Dixon, 31, were jointly charged with unlawfully and maliciously wounding Debideen on the same day. The men, both miners also denied the charge.

The men had told the court that they wanted the matter to be dismissed since they are all injured and should call it a truce.

“We were friends and it was due to a simple misunderstanding,” the unrepresented Walberg explained to the Chief Magistrate. According to reports Debideen and Walberg were friends and worked together, however there was a misunderstanding between the two.

One January 24, Walberg and Dixon were consuming alcohol in the Yarakita Village when they saw Debideen. Walberg allegedly armed himself with a glass bottle and approached Debideen and lashed him to the mouth. The 19-year-old along with Dixon then allegedly picked up a piece of wood and beat Debideen about the head.
Debideen managed to escape, while being trailed by the two men. It is reported that he armed himself with a cutlass and dealt several blows, two of which cause Walberg to receive lacerations to the neck.

Police Prosecutor Denior Jones explained to the court that Debideen suffered from a dislocated jaw, several cuts and a concussion to his head and lost two teeth during the brawl.

Meanwhile, Walberg had received a chop to his neck and outer ear.
The Magistrate, based upon the nature of the injuries received, released the men on $30,000 bail each and transferred the matter to the Mabaruma Magistrate’s Court for February 21.