Pork-knocker accused of murder attempt released on $400,000 bail

Kevin Thomas

Kevin Thomas, who was remanded last week for allegedly stabbing a co-worker in the neck in an attempt to regain a borrowed cellphone, was on Thursday granted $400,000 bail for the charge.

Thomas, 20, of Lot 46 Providence, East Bank Demerara, was brought before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts on May 20 charged with grievously wounding Sadeek Mohamed with the intent to commit murder at Third Avenue, Bartica. The man was not required to plead when the charge was read to him by Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

During Thursday’s proceedings, bail was set in a substantial figure after Mohamed’s serious condition was