Accused for trial over attempted murder with pitchfork

Deon Braithwaite, who is accused of spearing another man with a pitchfork, will face trial for attempted murder.

Braithwaite was committed to stand trial in the High Court yesterday after Magistrate Ann McLennan found that there was a prima facie case against him at the conclusion of a preliminary inquiry (PI) into the charge.

Braithwaite was informed when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court that he had been committed to stand trial at the next sitting of the criminal assizes in the High Court. Magistrate McLennan explained to