Medical chief of staff at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), Dr Carl Bruce, has rejected allegations that he assaulted colleague Dr Roger Hunter during a 2007 incident, describing the claims as “a complete falsification” while branding Hunter “mentally unstable”.

Bruce, a consultant neurosurgeon, made the assertion while giving an unsworn statement in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court, where he is on trial facing charges of malicious destruction of property and assault occasioning bodily harm.

“My colleague is clearly showing signs of mental instability, and no such incident took place recently or ever in the past,” Bruce told the court.