FORTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD Troydon Evans, of Lot 214 Mayor and Town Council Scheme, New Amsterdam, Berbice, is alleged to have fractured his spouse’s arm during an altercation on December 8,at the New Amsterdam Public Library.

Reports are that the complainant had sought refuge at the library following Evans’ alleged threats at her place of business a stone’s throw away.
Evans appeared before Senior Magistrate Alex Moore on a charge which stated that he unlawfully and maliciously inflicted grievous bodily harm on Rhonda McGarrell.

Police Inspector Bernard Browne prosecuting at the New Amsterdam Magistrates’ Court objected to pre-trial liberty, as the defendant was charged similarly on a previous occasion. In that instance, the virtual complainant had offered no evidence, but Evans was placed on a bond to keep the peace.

Browne said too that on another occasion Evans was convicted  and imprisoned after he burnt the face of the complainant.

Further, the court was told there are several reports lodged at Central Police Station , with respect to the defendant making  threats to the virtual complainant, his wife.
Following Browne’s disclosure, the magistrate refused bail and remanded Evans to prison until January 18 for police report.

On December 8 the complainant, a vendor outside the St Therese’s Primary School was plying her trade when the defendant approached and threatened to kill her. As a result, she fled from her stall  into the public library, where the defendant pursued her and inflicted several lashes about her body. A visit to the New Amsterdam Hospital revealed that her left arm was fractured.