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Because Tushaule Rossmiller, a minibus driver, insisted that her comrade must join the line at the route 45 bus park and wait his turn, she was punched several times to the face to the point where it was alleged that she became unconscious.Yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, Wendell Morris, a father of two, was brought before Magistrate Fabayo Azore to answer to the charge of unlawful assault causing actual bodily harm.The 40-year-old defendant pleaded not guilty. The charge stated that on July 20, last, at Cornhill Street, he assaulted 34-year-old Rossmiller of 78 Bougainvillea Scheme, Farm, East Bank Demerara, causing her actual bodily harm.Morris drove his minibus BMM 6311into the Cornhill Street bus park and joined the front of the line instead of the rear. In doing so, his minibus collided with Rossmiller’s minibus BJJ 2392.A quarrel ensued and the defendant reportedly came out of his vehicle and proceeded to the complainant and dealt her several punches to the face.  Rossmiller was then rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital by public spirited citizens where it was found that she sustained swelling and bleeding to her nostrils.Attorney at Law, Omeyana Hamilton, who represented Morris, requested reasonable bail for her client. She stated that Morris was at the front of the line when the complainant ran into his vehicle several times. The lawyer added that Morris’s actions was a matter of self defense as the victim was armed with an ice-pick and threatened to kill him.However, in response to Hamilton’s submission on her client’s defense, Attorney at Law, Basil Williams who is looking at Rossmiller’s interest,   stated that his client was battered by the defendant to the point where she was unconscious and lying on the ground.Williams said that his client had to be assisted to the hospital by onlookers. He said that it was the defendant who left his vehicle and went to his client and punched her in the face several times.“There was no record of an ice-pick being in my client’s possession. Her dentures were also damaged to the total cost of $87,000 in repairs,” expressed the lawyer.The Prosecution objected to bail on the grounds that the defendant threatened to kill Rossmiller and if granted bail, there is a high likelihood that these threats may be carried out.Magistrate Azore placed Morris on $75,000 bail and transferred his matter to another court for report and fixture on August 6.