Blunden Coach Tours boss, Shawn Blunden, charged with the attempted murder of a family member, is expected back in the Port Elizabeth Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday for the continuation of his trial.
Blunden faces two charges of attempted murder for allegedly shooting his sister's ex-husband, Deon Williams, and for the alleged assault and pointing of a firearm at his niece, Kaylin Williams.
He faces additional charges of malicious damage to property and intimidation.
Blunden has since hired a new lawyer, Advocate Terry Price SC, who will represent him when his trial resumes.
The family feud was allegedly sparked after an argument about the eviction of Deon’s daughter, Kaylin, from a Walmer Heights house.
Blunden, the co-founder and chief executive of Blunden Coach Tours, allegedly fired twice at Deon with one of the bullets hitting his stomach.
Williams’s daughter, Kaylin, was living at the house with his ex-wife Cheryl, who is also Blunden’s sister.
The 2015 incident came amid simmering tensions over an inheritance left by family patriarch George Blunden.
Blunden was arrested in 2015 and is out on bail of R50 000.
He has pleaded not guilty to the charges against him.
-African News Agency (ANA)
