A 44-YEAR-OLD electrician of Belair charged with multiple offenses, was granted EC$10,000 bail with one surety when he appeared at the Serious Offences Court on August 31, 2026.
Lennox Shortte was arrested and charged with the offenses of aggravated burglary; assault causing actual bodily harm; using threatening language; kidnapping; and taking a conveyance without lawful authority, the police said in a release. The charges were laid indictably, therefore Shortte was not required to enter a plea.
The police said in their release that on August 27, 2026 and August 28, 2026, the accused allegedly entered the dwelling house of a 66-year-old retiree of Brighton as a trespasser while armed with a cutlass. He is also charged for allegedly beating the complainant about her body with a cutlass and with his hands, causing her injuries. His third charge is one of maliciously uttering threatening words to the complainant by allegedly stating “I told you I was gonna get you, you see how easy it is?, you gonna die tonight”.
