A woman who is accused of contravening a protection order which barred her from her former boyfriend's property denied the allegation in Magistrates' Court yesterday and claimed she had to go there to collect her son.

Kim Sakena Swan, 30, of Longridge Pass, Devonshire, admitted to Magistrate Edward King that on October 11, she was next door to the Warwick home of Giovanni Burrows, but said she never went on his property.

“I turned around at Number Three Marl Lane, where my mother lives, not Number One,” she told Mr. King. “I beeped my horn twice and looked up, and immediately Giovanni appeared waving a machete... He told me to get off his f***ing property.”

Swan further testified that, while she waited for her son to come downstairs to her, Mr. Burrows threw a machete at her car.

“I could not help but close my eyes and press on the gas,” she said.

But while he admitted throwing the weapon at the back of Swan's vehicle, Mr. Burrows gave a different version of events.

“Kim came onto my property honking her horn long and hard,” he told Mr. King. “I told her to get off my property which caused her to make gestures to me - shooting a gun and a cut throat. This caused me such outrage that I took the machete and threw it at the back of her jeep. I then called the Police and they asked me to bring the protection order to the station.”

When asked what events caused him to obtain an emergency protection order - which included their son as a complainant - Mr. Burrows told Crown counsel Koshea Scott that he was attacked by Ms Swan and others on September 25 and believed that he had to take actions to protect himself and his son.

“In the state Ms Swan is acting, she shows no regard for my son.”

“In what way? ” asked Ms Scott.

“In any way. Period,” responded Mr. Burrows.

While she admitted she knew she could not enter or remain on Mr. Burrow's premises, Swan denied doing either.

“It does not prevent me from going to my mother's nor from seeing my son.”

“But your son's name is on the order, so you needed to stay away from him for at least 28 days,” said Ms Scott.

“It stated that I should not abuse him in any way, something which would never occur,” Swan told Mr. King.

And she denied knowing what the hand gestures Mr. Burrows claimed she made at him meant and claimed that the arresting officer had to explain them to her.

“Don't play me for a fool. We're dealing with adults here,” Mr. King said.

The trial was adjourned until Friday, when lawyers are expected to give their submissions. Swan is represented by Richard Horseman.