By Jeune Bailey Van Keric

VEDANAND Chander, 37, who is alleged to have attempted to murder Chabbidat Tejram during a ‘name calling incident’, at Number 71 Village, Corentyne, will know his is fate today.The jury is slated to return a verdict after deliberating on the evidence presented by State Prosecutrix Stacy Goodings and the defence.

Tejram in response to questions by Defence Counsel Mursulene Bacchus had said that he did not call the accused, “a waste man” but agreed that he was called a “Deportee”.

Tejram also denied pelting Chander with a concrete brick, nor running to him with an instrument, or attacking him on the road.

However, Tejram told Justice Jo Ann Barlow and the mixed jury that after he was stabbed with a chisel, he fell to the ground.

Registered Medical practitioner Ryan Campbell, perusing the medical certificate in which his signature was affixed, said he saw a stab wound measuring four centimeters in the left auxiliary region (arm pit) on Tejram’s body.

He said the injury posed danger to life, if there was a lung perforation, or if the lung was exposed to outer atmosphere.

Responding to Bacchus, the Cuban-trained doctor noted that the injury was as a result of the use of a pointed sharp instrument measuring about 4 cm or 11/2 inches in width.

In responding to the jury, Campbell explained that some perforation allows air to escape while other perforation seals the area. He agreed that if a nerve is damaged, the patient can experience consistent pain.

However, he was unable to say whether a nerve was damaged, as such, a finding can only be determined after the injury was healed.

Meanwhile, Police Detective Terry Cummings said the accused was at the Springlands Police Station when he put the allegation to him, and he responded, “Officer, I don’t know about that”.

Cummings recalled that the virtual complainant was also at the station, where he had gone to make a report, before been taken to the Skeldon Hospital and was later transferred to the New Amsterdam Public Hospital.

The sleuth said he returned to the scene and questioned several persons including the victim’s mother Goomattie Tejram and one named Vejai.

On October 16, 2012, Neighbourhood Police Latchmanarine Ramsundar was patrolling within the Number 71 Village, Corentyne, when he was alerted to a gathering of group of person.

He observed that the alleged victim was holding under his armpit with a cloth, while, the accused had a chisel in his hand, which was handed over to him, before being taken to the Springlands Police Station.

According to the case, the alleged victim was tiling a bench at the front of his yard when the accused, who was riding by called him deportee. The accused went away and returned with a chisel, which he used to reportedly harm his victim.