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A 19-year-old man appeared yesterday before Magistrate Judy Latchman at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court where the charge of inflicting grievous bodily harm on his three-week-old daughter was read to him.According to Prosecutor Vishnu Hunte,Patrick Kane Jersey, on April 2,Bryan Bickell Jersey, the defendant and his common-law wife,Pierre Pilote Jersey, Simone Yankana,Sergei Bobrovsky Jersey, were engaged in a heated argument at their Quamina Street residence. Their exchange of words lead to a fight and the defendant allegedly dealt a kick which missed Yankana and struck three-week-old Shamier Yankana. It was later determined that the infant suffered a fractured skull which resulted in bleeding in and around the brain which was revealed in a CT scan at the Georgetown Hospital.Though the defendant was not required to enter a plea in the indictable matter,Mark Scheifele Team North America Jersey, the prosecution objected to bail based on the fact that the infant still remains a patient at the hospital and is in an unstable condition Further,Matt Dumba Jersey, it was noted that if he is granted bail,Kari Lehtonen Jersey, the possibility exists that he may not return to court for his trial and may tamper with the witness,Ryan Nugent-Hopkins Team North America Jersey, Simone Yankana,Colton Parayko Jersey, so as to influence the court’s course of justice.Bail for the defendant was subsequently refused and the matter is scheduled to be recalled on May 10. |
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