MALCOLM Gobin, 29, of Lot 113 Pike Street, Kitty, yesterday appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson to answer a wounding charge.

He pleaded not guilty to the charge, which stated that on October 27, 2009, he unlawfully wounded Paul Smith.

The defendant told the court that on the day in question, the virtual complaint’s girlfriend asked him for $200 to purchase cocaine.

He claimed that he gave the woman the money and when she returned, she told him that he used all the cocaine.

Gobin said he then asked the woman back for his money and she refused to give him. He said the virtual complainant later came and started to beat him because he asked back for his money.

However, Police Sergeant Kevin London, prosecuting said the defendant first attacked the virtual complainant with an eating fork and he received injuries to his hands.

Gobin was put on $30,000 bail and the matter was adjourned for December 2. (Nathalene DeFreitas)