Curtis Edwards, accused of unlawfully and maliciously wounding Desmona Taylor on July 8, 2017 after she refused to rekindle a relationship with him, was on Thursday remanded to prison by Georgetown Magistrate Leron Daly.
The Prosecution is contending that because of his abusive behavior, Taylor refused Edwards’s attempts to rekindle the relationship they once shared, and Edwards allegedly pushed her face into a grill gate before he dealt her several lashes about her body with a metal fan.
In court on Thursday, Edwards pleaded not guilty to the charge, but Police Prosecutor Sanj Singh objected to bail being granted Edwards, telling the court in his submissions that the virtual complainant had decided to end the relationship with Edwards because of constant abuse.
He added that on July 8, 2017, Taylor went to Edwards’s workplace and told him to leave her alone. Edwards then replied, “I’m not leaving, because I don’t want the relationship to end.”
Edwards then allegedly became annoyed and began to use a series of obscenities after threatening to burn Taylor with acid. He then allegedly committed the assault on Taylor.
The matter was reported to the Police, but they were unable to locate Edwards. He had allegedly been dodging Police for over eight months before his apprehension.
Magistrate Daly upheld the prosecution’s submissions and remanded Edwards to prison until April 4, when his case would come before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan.
