A West Bank Berbice vendor who stabbed another woman was granted $60,000 bail when she appeared at the New Amsterdam (NA) Magistrate’s Court on Monday.
Magistrate Krishendat Persaud granted Nadira Saraswattie bail when she appeared before him to answer to charges of unlawfully wounding a prison officer.
It is alleged that on February 24, around 6.45 pm Saraswattie stabbed Debra John. She was not required to plead to the offence. John was treated at the NA Hospital and later released.
Reports are that the defendant saw John walking along Vryheid’s Street near the Court when she approached her and they started talking. Shortly after Saraswattie whipped out a knife and stabbed John.
John reported the matter at the Central Police Station and Saraswattie was arrested.
Police Prosecutor, Inspector Fazil Karimbaksh, asked the court to grant Saraswattie bail in a substantial sum based on the nature and gravity of the offence.
Saraswattie was ordered to appear at court on March 31.
