Anthony Persaud, the youth who last month pleaded guilty to a charge of attempted murder, admitting that he had stabbed another man to the abdomen with a pair of scissors, has been sentenced to six years in prison.
At his arraignment three weeks ago, Persaud, 23, accepted that on March 22, 2016, he wounded Navindra Budhu with intent to kill him, but rejected the prosecution’s case that he tried to rob his victim.
Justice Brassington Reynolds had deferred sentencing for, among other things, a psychiatric evaluation to be conducted on the youngster who was adamant that he never tried to rob Budhu, but admitted inflicting injuries on the man although he had no prior connection to him.
