JAMAICAN national, Ralvin Mickey Mc Lean, who allegedly attempted to execute ex-policeman Ravi Outar at Rose Hall Town, appeared Monday at the Albion Court before Magistrate Marisa Mittelholzer and was remanded to prison.
He was not required to plead to the indictable charge.
Particulars of the charge stated that on June 10th at Rose Hall Town, in the Berbice Magisterial District, Mc Clean unlawfully and maliciously wounded Ravi Outar with intent to murder.
Police Sergeant Orin Joseph, prosecuting, said that on the day in question, at about 20:00 hrs, Ravi Outar, Meschell Outar, were sitting around a table in front their shop when two men approached the ex-cop and one of them who was armed with a small handgun opened fire at him.
The injured man was rushed to the New Amsterdam Hospital before being transferred to the Intensive Care Unit at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), where he remains a patient.
Following the incident, the scene was searched and four .32 spent shells were found. A report was made and the suspect was contacted and cautioned and he denied the allegations. He was subsequently arrested and charged with the offence.
However, Defence Counsel Mursuline Bacchus in an application for bail noted that the prosecution was unaware of the status of the victim. He reasoned that being a patient at the Intensive Care Unit, does not mean that one is critical.
However, Joseph objected to pretrial liberty on the grounds that the victim is indeed critical but stable and the defendant was positively identified and he being a Jamaican is a flight risk.
The court upheld the submissions of the prosecution, and remanded the defendant to the New Amsterdam Prison until June 29.