Officers of the Criminal Investigations Department charged a man yesterday September 22nd, 2022 in the wounding of his wife and stepdaughter.
Esworth Barnwell, 35, of Diamond Estate is charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm; assault occasioning actual bodily harm and being armed with an offensive weapon.
Initial investigations indicate that Monday evening, the accused attacked members of his family with a machete following an argument at the family home.
Both the wife and stepdaughter were taken to the Dr. D. Orlando Smith Hospital. The stepdaughter is in serious but stable condition while the wife was treated and released. The two minor children who were also in the home were unharmed.
He is to appear before the Magistrate’s Court at the next available sitting.