Sascha Wil­son

A San Fer­nan­do man ac­cused of rob­bing and threat­en­ing his es­tranged com­mon-law wife with death was yes­ter­day de­nied bail. Wen­dell Welling­ton was not called up­on to plead when he ap­peared be­fore Mag­is­trate Ali­cia Chankar in the San Fer­nan­do Fourth Court. It is al­leged that on Feb­ru­ary 25 he robbed Nicole Grif­fith of a cel­lu­lar phone and $400 cash. It is al­leged al­so that he used per­son­al vi­o­lence against Grif­fith ei­ther be­fore, dur­ing or af­ter rob­bing her.

Pros­e­cu­tor Sgt Rus­sell Ra­moutar ob­ject­ed to bail on the grounds that Welling­ton threat­ened to kill Grif­fith.

He said the ac­cused al­so made threats to Grif­fith out­side the court­room yes­ter­day morn­ing. He al­so told the court Welling­ton has a pend­ing mat­ter for a sim­i­lar of­fence at the Cou­va Mag­is­trates' Court. Welling­ton, who de­nied hav­ing a pend­ing mat­ter, said he had a three-year re­la­tion­ship of "mak­ing up and break­ing up" with Grif­fith. He claimed that last year he worked at Petrotrin and gave her $3,000 a week. Chankar up­held the pros­e­cu­tor's ob­jec­tion to bail and ad­vised Welling­ton of his right to ap­ply to a judge in cham­bers. The mat­ter was ad­journed to April 2.