Farmer on $175,000 bail for discharging firearm, wounding

A Lindener was granted bail in the total sum of $175,000 by Magistrate Clive Nurse when he appeared at the Linden Magistrate’s Court, charged with the offences of discharging a firearm and unlawful wounding.
Curwin Estwick, a poultry farmer of Lot 943 South Amelia’s Ward, Mackenzie, Linden, denied both charges after they were read to him. It is alleged that on August 10, 2017, he discharged a loaded firearm at Dillon Batson with intent to maim, disfigure, disable or cause grievous bodily harm.
Since there was no objection to bail by the prosecution, the defendant was released on $100,000 surety for that offence. For the unlawful wounding matter, Estwick was charged with co-defendants Leroy Nedd and Lennox Estwick, who were both charged in absentia. It is alleged that they unlawfully wounded Kent Austin, on August 31, 2017 at Amelia’s Ward. For the offence, the farmer was granted $75,000 bail. The case will continue on February 12.