Youth charged with trying to kill father

A youth appeared in a city court yesterday on a charge of trying to kill his father.
Mark Joshua Scholl, 21, was read the charge, which stated that on August 4, at Mabaruma, North West District, with intent to commit murder, he wounded Wilfred Scholl.
The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge and he was subsequently granted bail in the sum of $100,000.
September 6 was fixed as the next date when the matter will be heard by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in Georgetown.