An iron, a fan, a pot, a mop bucket and a broom were among the items Leonne Thompson is alleged to have thrown at Tekeishia Drew and her sister on the evening of June 26, 2011, according to court testimony.
Things only got worse, Ms. Drew said when she took the stand during Ms. Thompson’s trial Monday morning.
“Leonne approached me and grabbed on to my head,” Ms. Drew told the court. “She was holding onto my hair and I felt a sharp pain on my neck — right below the hairline on the back of my neck.”
During the struggle, Ms. Drew said, she was wounded in both hands and Ms. Thompson “grazed” her chest with a sharp metal object.
The weapon, according to prosecutors, was a rusty ice pick that Ms. Thompson allegedly used to stab both sisters that night. The defendant is on trial for two counts of wounding.
In her opening statement to the court, acting Principal Crown Counsel Tiffany Scatliffe said the jury would likely hear claims from the defence that Ms. Thompson was acting in self-defence.
“You have to determine if this was self-defence,” she added. “A person is justified in using force only if they believe it is immediately necessary.”
See the June 6, 2013 edition for full coverage.