Popular comedian Kirk Jardine, also known as “Chow Pow”, made an appearance on Monday before Magistrate Rhondell Weever at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts on allegations of beating his daughter.
The 57-year-old man of Greenheart Street, South Ruimveldt, Georgetown, entered a not guilty plea to the accusation, which stated that on Friday, October 7, 2023, he assaulted his 22-year-old daughter, Aaliyah Jardine.
Bail for him was set at $50,000, under the condition that he stay a hundred yards away from his daughter and not speak with her.
Kirk Jardine called “Chow Pow” making his way from the courtroom
The presiding Magistrate overruled the Police prosecutor’s objections to Kirk being granted his pre-trial liberty. The prosecutor had objected to bail on the grounds of the seriousness and prevalence of the offence.
While describing the incident as “unfortunate,” Kirk’s lawyer, Khemraj Ramjattan, emphasised that his client is a loving father who was attempting to resolve the matter with his child and former son-in-law. Kirk’s daughter was reportedly taken to the hospital for treatment after the beating.
This defendant will return to court on November 6.
Earlier this year, Devanand Singh, 50, the owner of Brands2Go, was jailed for 14 months for brutally assaulting his 26-year-old daughter and threatening her with a gun.
Magistrate Weever imposed that custodial sentence. CCTV footage of him brutalising the woman was leaked to social media and later tendered in court during trial proceedings. Singh committed the crimes sometime in March 2022.
