A MINER of Lot 91 East La Penitence Housing Scheme was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on a charge of attempting to murder a man by stabbing him with a knife.
Eon Archibald was not required to enter a plea to the indictable charge of attempting to commit murder.

The allegation is that on June 4 at Durban Street, Georgetown, with intent to commit murder he unlawfully and maliciously wounded Dwayne Wallace.

Police Prosecutor Bharat Mangru did not relate the facts to the court. However he noted that the victim received a puncture to the left side of his lungs and also a laceration to his arm and he is still hospitalized. The miner was remanded to prison until June 22 for report and fixtures.