A 26-year-old labourer of Sparendaam, East Coast Demerara, was, on Tuesday, arrested for felonious wounding committed on 30-year-old Lexroy Rigby, a miner of Mahdia Airstrip, Potaro.

According to a police report, Kevin Perry was charged on Wednesday for the offence contrary to Section 57(a) of the Criminal Law (Offences) Act, Chapter 8:01and appeared at the Mahdia Magistrate’s Court before Senior Magistrate Sunil Scarce.

The police report disclosed that Perry pleaded guilty with an explanation and was later remanded to prison.

Magistrate Scarce adjourned the matter to April 16, 2024.