Corentyne man remanded on attempted murder charge

Vollins Smartt

A Corentyne man was on Friday remanded to prison on a charge of attempted murder following an attack on a Port Mourant labourer who was chopped multiple times.

Vollins Smartt, 37, was also charged with assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest.

Smartt appeared before Magistrate Rabindranauth Singh at the Whim Magistrate’s Court, where he was charged with the attempted murder of Suresh Sookra, 40, of Miss Phoebe, Port Mourant, Corentyne.