KEMPT Beckles (no address given) who was charged with unlawful wounding was placed on $125,000 bail on Thursday by Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.Particulars of the indictable offence said that on Tuesday, January 21 at Georgetown, he unlawfully and maliciously wounded Seekumar Outar.

Police Inspector Michael Grant, prosecuting, said the virtual complainant was in the vicinity of Demico House in the Stabroek Market area when the accused asked him for $100. He told Beckles he did not have any money. Subsequently, an argument erupted between the parties and the accused armed himself with a broken piece of bottle and dealt a lash to Outar’s head, along with several stabs to his armpit.
The prosecutor did not object to bail and the case was put off to March 6 for report.