Gold miner accused of drinking and chopping

Gold miner Merwin George was yesterday remanded to prison after denying a charge that he attacked another miner with a cutlass, after confusing him with someone else he had a fight with at a rum shop.

Both George, 49, of Lot 49, 14 Miles Backdam and the wounded man, Troy Daniels, had been drinking high wine in separate company at 14 Miles Arakaka on July 7, Prosecutor Burgett Grant told Magistrate Fabayo Azore.

George, the prosecutor said, began an argument with an