Clarendon man arrested for chopping woman during argument

A fisherman of Portland Cottage district in Clarendon has been arrested and charged for chopping a woman with a machete during an altercation on Tuesday.

Charged with wounding with intent is 35-year-old Randy McKenzie, otherwise called 'Freddy'.

Police reports are that about 10:30 a.m., McKenzie and a woman with whom he had a relationship, got into an argument during which he used a stone to hit the woman before using a machete to chop her to the face and neck.

The police were summoned and McKenzie was arrested and subsequently charged on Friday, March 19.

His court date is being finalised.

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