A diesel mechanic accused of inflicting grievous bodily harm to his mother-in-law has been granted $50,000 surety bail, but he has to move out of his home and have no contact with the woman.
Dwayne Harricharan, 31, pleaded not guilty when he appeared before Magistrate Christine Charles in the San Fernando First Court.
The charge alleged that on December 23, at Boodoo Trace, Macaulay Village, Claxton Bay he maliciously and unlawfully inflicted grievous bodily harm on the 73-year-old woman. The charge stemmed from an altercation at their home which resulted in the woman falling to the ground and receiving injuries. She is still warded at the San Fernando General Hospital in a stable condition, prosecutor Denzil Alexander said.
Harricharan has two children, ages three and eight-years-old, with the victim’s daughter.
They live in a house to the front of the victim’s house but in the same compound.
Addressing this concern in her application for bail, attorney Annalee Girwar said Harricharan was willing to stay with his mother at her Forres Park, Claxton Bay home.
His mother, who was in court, told the court that her son can live with her pending the determination of the case. Girwar said her client only had previous convictions for obscene language and indecent exposure.
The prosecutor, however, objected to bail because the victim was still in the hospital. But the magistrate said the victim was in a stable condition.
The magistrate, however, warned him not to return to the premises or have any contact with the victim because his bail could be revoked. His wife, who was in court, said arrangements have been made for someone to pick up her husband’s belongings.
Also granting a cash bail alternative of $20,000, the magistrate adjourned the matter to January 24.