Security Guard Remanded for Alleged Stabbing and Machete Attack

BELIZE CITY, Wed. Jan. 13, 2010

Desmond Thompson, 65, a security guard at Bowen and Bowen who allegedly stabbed one man and attacked another with a machete, was charged with dangerous harm and aggravated assault when he appeared today in the #6 Magistrate’s Court. Thompson pled not guilty to dangerous harm but no plea was taken from him for aggravated assault because it is an indictable offence. Magistrate Sharon Fraser denied him bail and remanded him into custody.

Thompson, who has been working with Bowen and Bowen for about 10 years, was in tears when he was told that he will be remanded to prison. He told Magistrate Fraser that he will lose his job. Thompson was denied bail because the condition of Kirk Craig, 46, the person he allegedly stabbed, has not been ascertained.

The incident in connection with dangerous harm occurred on Saturday, January 9. Craig, who manages an apartment building on Nurse Seay Street, reported to the Police that between 11:00 a.m. and midday he had an argument with Thompson, one of the tenants, over rent money that was due. Craig said Thompson pulled a kitchen knife and stabbed him in the right side of his abdomen.

On January 12, three days later, Thompson allegedly attacked Ervin Yorke, 58, the owner of the apartment building when Yorke asked about the stabbing incident and the rent money.

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