A 17-YEAR-OLD youth was on Tuesday remanded to prison by City Magistrate Dylon Bess for the murder of a North West farmer who was fatally stabbed during a heated argument.

The matter was heard in camera where the juvenile was not required to plead to the capital offence, which alleges that on November 23 at Barima, Kariabo Village, North West District he killed 44 year-old Junior Moses.

The unrepresented teen was remanded until December 6, and the matter was transferred to the Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan.

According to police reports the victim and the 17-year-old male were consuming alcohol when an argument erupted between the two. During the process the suspect is alleged to have armed himself with a knife and stabbed the victim once to his abdomen.

The victim was taken to the Mabaruma Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.