A MINER from the Village of Waramandong, Upper Mazaruni, was on Monday, February 04, 2019, remanded to prison for attempting to kill his brother by shooting him in the chest with an arrow.

Young Williams, 25, made his appearance before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan, at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court and was not required to plead to the charge.
Particulars of the charge alleged that, on January 26, 2019, at Waramandong, Young wounded his brother, Jamal Williams, with intent to commit murder.

Police Prosecutor, Inspector Gordon Mansfield, told the court that on the day in question, Young and Jamal were at their mother’s home at Waramandong Village consuming alcohol. Young it is alleged threw his glass with alcohol in his mother’s face, thus causing a confrontation with his brother.

Young reportedly left, but later returned with an arrow and bow and shot his brother in his chest with the ‘weapon’.

The prosecutor in his objection to granting bail, told the court that the victim is still hospitalised at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), and is in a critical state.
The chief magistrate, after considering the prosecutor’s objection, remanded Williams to prison. He will make his next court appearance at the Kamarang Magistrate’s Court on March 19, next.