Man fined $15, 000 for threatening to kill brother

A man who threatened to chop his brother to death with a cutlass, forcing him to jump into a trench to escape, was yesterday fined $15,000 or a week in jail if he is unable to pay the fine.

Sugrim Bijadhar of Airy Hall appeared before Magistrate Sunil Scarce yesterday at the Suddie Magistrate’s Court charged with threatening behaviour.

It is alleged that on June 1, 2013, at Airy Hall Backdam, Bijadhar made use of