Blunden court case postponed

THE BLUNDEN Coach Tours boss charged with the attempted murder of a family member was back in the Port Elizabeth Magistrate’s Court for the continuation of his trial.

However, Shawn Blunden’s attorney, Paul Roelofse, was ill and the matter had to be postponed due to his unavailability.

He faces two charges of attempted murder for allegedly shooting his sister’s ex-husband, Deon Williams, and for the alleged assault and pointing a firearm at his niece, Kaylin Williams.

He faces additional charges of malicious damage to property and intimidation.

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 the bullets hitting his stomach.

Williams’s daughter, Kaylin, was living at the house with his ex-wife Cheryl, who is Blunden’s sister.

Deon Williams was meant to testify at the trial yesterday.

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.