Two men were remanded on Friday when they appeared before Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle on separate charges of felonious wounding.
Bryan Mohan, 20, of North Ruimveldt allegedly unlawfully and maliciously wounded Devon Marshall on April 22. He was not required to plead to the matter; since the virtual complainant (VC) is hospitalised.
Prosecutor Denise Griffith objected to the bail application made by Mohan’s lawyer, Tameshwar Sarwan, who said that his client had committed nothing of a grave nature that would make him a flight risk.
But Griffith said ten different types of wounds were inflicted on the VC. He received stab wounds to his abdomen, back and chest. Griffith said that the incident stemmed from an argument over a bus fare.
On April 21, the accused had approached the VC and lashed him with a piece of wood. Marshall had made a report to the police but the accused subsequently went back on April 22 and confronted the VC, this time dealing him several stabs about the body. Marshall was in the driver’s seat of the minibus he was driving at the time. He reportedly fell out of the bus and was taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital where he is still hospitalised.
Meanwhile, 38-year-old Rawle Ellis was also not required to plead to the charge of unlawfully and maliciously wounding a 15-year-old boy, on April 22. Ellis of Sophia was represented by attorney-at-law Mohammed Zafar, who told the court that his client had found out that the teen was one of the parties responsible for burning down his house. Zafar said when Ellis confronted the teen he attacked him. Ellis reportedly retaliated and the minor was wounded.
But Griffith said that the situation was a clear case of malice and intention to do bodily harm since the accused confronted the VC and chopped him with a cutlass after he had already made reports to the police. She said that he (Ellis) wanted to take the law into his own hands.
Both men were remanded until May 9.
