Father previously jailed for wounding daughters remanded for shooting woman

Peter Thompson, a 54-year-old taxi driver who was sentenced to 12 months in jail in 2019 for wounding his daughters, was on Friday remanded to prison for attempting to murder a woman whom he shot.
The Lot 78 Norton Street, Lodge, Georgetown resident was arraigned before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan.
Thompson was not required to plead to the indictable charge, which stated that on July 29, at D’Urban Street, Lodge, Georgetown, with intent to murder, he discharged a firearm at Cherri-Ann Wills.
The Police prosecutor related that Thompson and Wills are known to each other as she is a friend of his daughter. Thompson and his daughter, Andrea Howard, are presently before the High Court in relation to a matter over the division of a property where she currently resides.

Thompson has been legally prohibited from entering the property. On July 29, Wills and Howard were in the company of two other females sitting in front of the property, when Thompson fired several shots at them. One of the bullets hit the virtual complainant in the abdomen.
As a result, Wills collapsed to the ground and had to be rushed to the hospital by public-spirited citizens. She remains hospitalised as the bullet is still lodged in her. Following the shooting, Thompson made good his escape but was later apprehended by the Police and charged.
He was remanded to prison and the case will continue on August 16, when he will make another appearance at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.

Wounding
Back in September 2019, Thompson was sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment after Magistrate Dylon Bess found him guilty on two counts of wounding. The court found that on April 30, 2018, he wounded his two daughters, Rita Howard and Priscilla Thompson, so as to cause them grievous bodily harm.
According to the prosecution’s case, both incidents occurred on April 30, 2018, at about 01:30h. Rita Howard was awakened by a noise coming from her living room and as she ventured outside to investigate, she saw her father and mother in a scuffle.
When she tried to intervene, her father lashed her on the head with a bucket. Priscilla Thompson also tried to intervene but was overpowered by her father, who ran behind her and dealt her several stabs to the abdomen with a kitchen knife. The matter was reported and Thompson was arrested and prosecuted. (G1)