UENITA Marcellino of Hobo Hill, Mabaruma, North West District was not required to plead to the indictable charge of attempting to murder her niece, Lynette Morgow, when she appeared unrepresented on Friday before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts, charged with attempting to commit murder.Particulars of her offence state that on Tuesday, April 8, at Mabaruma in the North West District, in the Essequibo Magisterial District, she unlawfully and maliciously wounded Morgow.

Police Inspector Michael Grant, prosecuting, said that on the day in question, the accused was under the influence of alcohol when a heated argument developed between the parties, in which Marcellino accused Morgow of having an affair with her husband.

Marcellino then armed herself with a knife and dealt several stabs about her niece’s body. The matter was reported to the police and the accused was arrested and charged. Morgow is still hospitalised.

The prosecutor successfully objected to bail, citing the seriousness and prevalence of the offence, and the fact that the victim was still hospitalised.

The 26-year-old accused was remanded to prison and the case was transferred to the Mabaruma Magistrate’s Court for May 19.
AROUND THE COURTS With Geeta Rampersaud