THE 19-YEAR-old miner who is charged with fatally stabbing another teen miner with a pair of scissors in the North West District area several days ago was remanded to prison on a murder charge yesterday.Ryan Albert appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan and was not required to plead to the charge which alleged that on March 29 at Yarakita Village, NWD, he murdered 19-year-old Dalton Emanuel.

The accused was unrepresented by a lawyer, and had no relative in court. Albert was remanded to prison and his matter was transferred to the Mabaruma Magistrate’s Court for May 18.

The tragedy reportedly said it occurred while the two miners were involved in a heated argument on the day in question. The argument quickly turned physical, and Albert is accused of arming himself with a pair of scissors and dealing Emanuel several stabs to his abdomen.

Emanuel was taken to the Mabaruma Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.