ACTING Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus on Monday remanded a 19-year-old fisherman on a charge of attempted murder after he allegedly wounded his drinking buddy during an argument.

Ronell Mark was not required to plead to the indictable charge which alleged that on March 14 at Morawhanna village, NWD, he unlawfully and maliciously wounded 22-year-old Henry Santiago of Smith Creek, Barima River with intent to commit murder.
He was remanded to prison until March 29 after prosecutor, Police Inspector Gordon Mansfield objected to bail being granted on the ground that Santiago was still hospitalized and said to be in a critical state.

According to reports, on the day in question, Santiago was stabbed about his body with a broken bottle following an argument with Mark.
It was reported that the two men were consuming alcohol when Santiago took up a cutlass and chopped Mark on his right foot.

Mark retaliated by breaking a bottle and stabbing the victim to his right abdomen and several times to his right hand. Santiago was picked up and rushed to the hospital and was later transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital.