Brandon Singh, a young mechanic from D’Urban Street, was brought before a city court yesterday to answer to a charge of unlawful wounding.
It has been alleged that Singh, on May 11, in Georgetown, unlawfully wounded Roy Collins.
Collins told the court that on Saturday, May 11, 2019, at around 16:40 hours, he was at his shop, located in the vicinity of the Merriman Mall, when he noticed Singh and company acting suspiciously in the area.
He further told the court that Saturday was not the only time that he had observed Singh and his companions lurking around the area. He said they have been coming and going for some time, stealing from customers and passersby.
According to Prosecutor Analisa Brumell, Collins engaged them, in an effort to let the young men know he was suspicious of what they were up to and to advise them against it.
Singh, however, got annoyed by Collins interfering with his companions and called them away.
She related that Singh then stepped on a piece of fabric belonging to a customer who was at the time at Collins’ shop. An employee at the shop accused Singh of purposely stepping on the material, and Collins then intervened in the back and forth exchange between the two men.
The 20-year-old then started an argument with Collins, on whom he eventually inflicted a puncture to the left side of his abdomen with a pair of scissors.
Singh pleaded not guilty to the charge and was remanded to prison, after he was found interfering with the complainant in front of Magistrate Faith McGusty.
