The Tribune

By LEANDRA ROLLE

Tribune Staff Reporter

lrolle@tribunemedia.net

A MAN told the court yesterday how his wife struck him with her vehicle, damaging his finger after she saw him with another woman at his mother’s house.

Dion Davis gave testimony against his wife, Karen Davis, 43, during the latter’s trial before Magistrate Samuel McKinney.

Mrs Davis is accused of unlawfully assaulting her husband with a vehicle and further causing him harm in May 2020.

The 43-year-old has denied the allegations.

While giving testimony before Magistrate McKinney, Mr Davis accused his wife of being “crazy”, insisting she “hit” him with her car nearly two years ago.

He also confirmed the two were going through a divorce at the time of the alleged incident, which occurred after the accused saw him with another woman.

The woman in question, Mr Davis told the court, was his friend and neighbour.

He said he was picking mangoes for her at his mother’s home and was about to leave.

However, after seeing the pair together, Mr Davis said his wife started “rowing” and went on to hit both him and his car, injuring his finger on his right hand.

Asked if his car received any damage, the witness said no, but noted the injuries caused to his finger.

Mr Davis said it took him five days to go to see the doctor explaining his reason for not going sooner was due to a speech disability.

“She mad, crazy,” he said.

During cross-examination, Mrs Davis’ attorney, Ryszard Humes, suggested that Mr Davis was the actual aggressor in the situation and accused him of getting angry when his wife questioned him about the woman he was with.

He also alleged that Mr Davis tried to damage his wife’s vehicle when he started pulling off her car’s bumper, suggesting his injuries were self-inflicted and not actually caused by his wife.

However, Mr Davis did not agree with the attorney’s assertions yesterday.

When asked if his wife ever called police for him, Mr Davis admitted there was an occasion when his wife requested police action.

Yesterday, Mr Humes also questioned the length of time it took for Mr Davis to visit the doctor, saying if his injuries were really serious, he would have sought medical help sooner.

During yesterday’s hearing, the court also heard testimony of two police officers who testified of their role in Davis’ arrest, the first of whom was Corporal Mindy Nelson.

Cpl Nelson said she was working at the East Street South Police Station when she received certain information about a suspect named Karen Davis.

She said she arrested Davis in June 2020 after she turned herself in at the station.

Sergeant Phylicita Brown-Gibson was next to testify of her involvement as investigator in the case.

She said she interviewed the accused, who gave her an account of what had happened.

According to Sgt Brown-Gibson, Davis said she was on her way to work when she saw her husband’s vehicle in the area of his mother’s home.

The accused told police that when she approached the car, she saw a woman inside which prompted her to ask her husband who she was.

However, the court was told that Mr Davis refused to answer and then proceeded to follow his wife to her car, “banging” on the glass while demanding she return his phone and passport.

Sgt Brown-Gibson said the accused also told officers her husband began pulling on the front bumper of her vehicle. The damage was later shown to police, the court heard.

The witness said while conducting inquiries into the incident, she received a hospital form from Mr Davis and later charged the accused.

When asked by the defence attorney if it ever occurred to her that Mr Davis’ injuries may have been self-inflicted given the damage he allegedly caused to his wife’s car, Sgt Brown said “it may”.

In view of this fact, Mr Humes questioned why she deemed it necessary to charge his client.

In response, Sgt Brown-Gibson said she did so based on the findings of her investigations.

After the witnesses completed their testimonies, the prosecutor closed the case and the matter was adjourned to January 28.