Sunil Pollard, who is accused of brutally stabbing a man with a broken bottle, after he was asked to desist from leaning on the man’s cycle, was yesterday remanded to prison after he appeared in court on an attempted murder charge.
It is alleged that on November 4, at Kingston, Georgetown, Pollard unlawfully and maliciously wounded Wayne Bollers with intent to murder him.
He was not required to plead to the indictable charge read by Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court One.
Prosecutor Michael Grant objected to bail stating that there is a likelihood the accused will not return for trial. According to him, Pollard had gone into hiding after the alleged commission of the offence and was only apprehended on Sunday. The prosecutor also cited the seriousness of the offence and the extent of the injuries the defendant sustained.
The police’s case is that on the day in question at about 17:30 hrs the complainant and friends were on Barrack Street when he observed the defendant bracing his cycle.
The court heard that Bollers approached the defendant and asked him to desist from bracing against his cycle. An argument ensued when Pollard refused to comply with the complainant’s request.
According to Grant, the accused left in a rage and returned shortly after, armed with a broken bottle with which he stabbed Bollers, who subsequently fell unconscious and was hospitalized.
The complainant who has since been discharged from hospital was present at yesterday’s hearing.
Meanwhile, the unrepresented Pollard pleaded guilty to another charge which stated that on November 2, at the Brickdam Police Station he behaved disorderly.
Prosecutor Grant explained that on that day, Pollard was in custody in connection with a threatening behaviour charge levelled against him by his brother, when he began using a series of expletives.
The magistrate remanded Pollard until January 19, 2015 on the attempted murder charge, while he was fined $10,000 for his disorderly behaviour.
