Accused father warned Don’t visit son, wife, daughter

Yesterday, a magistrate warned the father Wayne Griffith, 41, who re-appeared in court that he is not to visit the home or try to communicate with the boy, nor his mother.

He is also not to visit his 14-year-old daughter whom he is also charged with assaulting.

Griffith was charged with attempting to murder his son following an incident at the family’s home in Cocoyea Village last week Monday in which he is alleged to have chopped the boy, with a meat cleaver between the front of the head and the forehead.

He was also charged with assaulting his common-law wife and 14-year-old daughter.

The husband had been remanded into custody by senior magistrate Nanette Forde-John to re-appear yesterday. The charges stemmed from an incident in which an argument had erupted at the family’s home and the wife, son and daughter were allegedly attacked.

Yesterday, Magistrate Forde-John ordered bail of $75,000 for Griffith to be approved by a Clerk of the Peace, after court prosecutor Cleyon Seedan, told her the accused had no previous conviction.

Magistrate Forde-John ordered that Griffith report to the Mon Repos Police Station on Monday, Wednesday and Friday of each week, between the hours of 7 am to 7 pm. She also told him that he is not to visit the home, nor attempt to make any physical contact with the victims. The case was adjourned to March 3.