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Nursing student granted bail after neighbour chopped
The woman who it is alleged chopped a mother and daughter in a fit of rage last Friday has been charged with two
Accused: Annikah Luckham
counts of unlawful wounding, while the two women have been charged with assault causing actual bodily harm.
Annikah Luckham, 36, called ‘Nursie’ of Peral Stewart Housing scheme and a student at the New Amsterdam Nursing School has been charged with unlawfully wounding Bernadette Burnham, 59, and her 31-year-old daughter Ronetta Burnham. The incident allegedly occurred on September 12th following a misunderstanding by the families who are said to be neighbours, at Martin Luther Housing Scheme, New Amsterdam.
They all appeared before Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs Marcus yesterday in the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court and were granted bail.
Luckham was placed on $30,000 on each charge while the Burnham’s were placed on $30,000 on each charge.
Prosecutor Sergeant Godfrey Playter stated that the incident stemmed from a misunderstanding between the parties. He said the Burnham’s received injuries caused by a sharp object and they had to seek medical attention. The police are in receipt of medical certificates in relation to the wounds received by the Burnhams.
He told the court that according to information, Bernadette Burnham used a broom stick to inflict injuries to Luckham while her daughter also assisted in injuring Luckham which caused her actual bodily harm.
In a bail application Attorney-at-Law Charrandass Persaud, representing the mother and daughter, asked that his clients be placed on reasonable bail. He stated that it is obvious that the nurse was the aggressor and showed blatant disregard for the law. He said the younger Burnham and Luckham were before the court on a similar charge.
He noted that the warring parties live next to each other. The lawyer mentioned that while his clients live in their own home, the other woman lives in a rented house. “Something must be done to stop her from coming close to my clients and abusing them,” the lawyer stated.
Luckham was unrepresented.
Magistrate Isaacs-Marcus then stated that she will recuse herself from the case, stating that she is a close friend of a sibling of one of the defendants.
No new date has been set for the continuation of the matter.
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