A man who allegedly attempted to murder another was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.
The allegation is that on Monday at Georgetown, Ryan O’Neal Barker of 9 William Street, Kitty, with intent to commit murder wounded Terrence Jaikissoon.
The defendant who told the court that he depends on remittances from relatives in the United States for his survival was not required to enter a plea to the indictable charge of attempted murder when it was read to him by the acting chief magistrate.
Prosecutor Lionel Harvey in giving the facts of the case told the court that on the day in question the accused and the virtual complainant were engaged in a heated argument when the defendant pulled out a knife from his waist and dealt the complainant six stabs about his body.
Harvey made an application for the defendant to be remanded to prison because of the seriousness and prevalence of the offence. The prosecutor said too that the complainant who was not at court is recuperating from his injuries
The prosecution’s request was granted and the unrepresented Barker was remanded to prison and ordered to return to court on October 27.
