Woman admits home attack

A 20-year-old Pembroke woman will learn her fate on July 29 after she admitted unlawfully assaulting her boyfriend’s child’s mother.

According to Crown Prosecutor Susan Mulligan, on the morning of April 9 this year, Preya Leverock heard a knock on her door and it was her child’s father who had come to collect his son. 

Moments later, there was a knock at Ms Leverock’s again and this time it was Vondolla Santucci, the man’s girlfriend, who was demanding the woman hand over a cell phone which she loaned to her in January.

Ms  Mulligan said Ms Leverock refused and attempted to close the door but Santucci prevented her from doing so.

A fight subsequently broke out between the two women and Ms Leverock ended up locking herself in her bathroom and called Police. Upon their arrival, officers found Santucci in the home.

As a result of the altercation, Ms Leverock ended up with a swollen left cheek, scratches on her arm and profuse bleeding behind one of her ears,which required medical treatment.

As she addressed Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner, Santucci told him that she and Ms Leverock were friends when she lent her the phone, however the friendship had deteriorated and she wanted her phone back.

She said when she went to Ms Leverock’s home, the complainant told her that she was not getting the phone until her child’s father replaced it and if she wanted it Santucci should “come inside and get it”.

Santucci denied trespassing onto the woman’s property.

Mr. Warner ordered a social inquiry report be conducted and bailed Santucci in the amount of $2,000.