Row over sheep in rice field lands Middlesex man attempted murder charge

An argument over whether sheep were damaging a rice field at Middlesex, Essequibo Coast has landed a 45-year-old farmer an attempted murder charge.

Abdool Jabar of Middlesex, Essequibo Coast man was yesterday placed on $400,000 bail when he appeared before Magistrate Sunil Scarce at the Charity Magistrate’s Court. Jabar was not required to plead to the indictable charge.

It is the police’s case that on June 19 at Middlesex Backdam, Jabar, with intent to commit murder, inflicted grievous bodily harm on