A man who is accused of stabbing and breaking into the home of his former teenage lover because she ended the relationship, was sent for psychiatric evaluation when he appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Monday.

Charged with assault at common-law and burglary is 47-year-old bus driver, Delroy Coombs of Stony Hill, St. Andrew, address.

According to reports, the 17-year-old complainant and Coombs were involved in an intimate relationship, which the complainant ended about two months ago, much to the alleged displeasure of the accused.

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On September 9, about 10:30 p.m., the complainant was in bed at her home that she shares with her mother and sister, when the accused allegedly kicked and broke an open space of about 22-inches into the lower section of a wooden door to the front of the house.

It is alleged that Coombs entered the room through the open space and threatened to kill the complainant, then used a ratchet knife to stab her. The complainant screamed for help and used a hammer to hit him on the head and he ran.

A report was made to the Stony Hill police and Coombs was subsequently arrested on a warrant on October 16.

The complainant told the court that the accused stalked her to the point where she could not stop in the Half-Way Tree area, she would have to go straight from home to school.

The accused told the court ,however, that at the time of their relationship, he thought the complainant was 18 years old.

Coombs is to return to court for mention on November 24, he was further remanded into custody.