The Tribune

By FARRAH JOHNSON

Tribune Staff Reporter

fjohnson@tribunemedia.net

A MAN “chapped” his former girlfriend’s new lover in the back of his head with a cutlass, a court was told yesterday.

Police arrested Christopher McCartney after he struck his former partner’s current boyfriend with the cutlass during a physical altercation on July 17.

He pleaded guilty to one count of causing harm when he appeared before Magistrate Shaka Serville.

The prosecution said the complainant told police he was at his friend’s house on Farrington Road when McCartney attacked him with a cutlass causing him injuries to his head and arm. After he filed his complaint the accused was arrested. When he was questioned in police custody, he admitted to being in a physical altercation with the complainant, but denied “chapping” him with a cutlass.

McCartney is represented by attorney Keevon Maynard. During his plea in mitigation, he told the magistrate the argument was a “lover dispute gone wrong”. He also claimed the complainant was the one to instigate the altercation.

In response, Magistrate Serville said if that were the case, McCartney may very well have a defence. As a result, he recorded a “not guilty” plea on his behalf and stood the matter down for trial.

The case was subsequently adjourned to August 3 for mention.

McCartney was granted $1,500 bail in the interim.