A SECURITY guard was on Thursday remanded to prison after he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ court on an attempted murder charge.

Rondel Mitchell 30, of Friendship, East Bank Demeara [E.B.D], appeared before Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman and was not required to plead to the indictable charge.
The charge alleges that on October 28, 2018, at the Meadow Bank fishery wharf, Mitchell discharged a loaded firearm at Sherwin Anderson, Oquacy Harvey, and Romario Nurse.
Police Prosecutor Quinn Harris objected to bail due to the seriousness of the offence and the penalty it attracts.

According to the facts presented in court by prosecutor Quinn Harris, on the day in question at around 9:30hrs, Oquacy Harvey was at the wharf when the accused took his cellphone and flashed a picture of him. He then became annoyed and asked the accused why he did that and as such a heated argument ensued between the men and the accused armed himself with a 9mm pistol and shot Harvey in his abdomen.

The victim was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation where he underwent surgery.
Mitchell was remanded to prison by the magistrate until November 27, 2018