A Haslington handyman, said to be a drug user, was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with attempted murder and armed robbery.
It is alleged that Quincy Henry, 30, on September 20th at Bourda, unlawfully and maliciously wounded Troy Bacchus with the intent to commit murder.
Henry was not required to plead to the charge as the matter was made indictable.
The prosecution stated that the accused is an alleged drug user and is in the habit of approaching strangers to request money. When persons fail to relent to the request, the defendant reportedly goes into a violent rage and lashes out at them.
It was on one such occasion that the virtual complainant, Bacchus, suffered injuries, the court heard.
The prosecution objected to bail on the basis of the seriousness of the crime, the fact that the accused has no fixed place of abode and is reported to have matters of a similar nature pending before the police.
Henry was also charged with robbing a Chinese national of $100,000 cash while being armed with a knife on October 12th, at Orange Walk, Bourda.
When the defendant had an opportunity to speak to the court, he did not address the attempted murder charge, but spoke on the allegation of armed robbery, stating that the amount of money the complainant claimed he took was a lie.
According to Henry, the complainant had asked him to fetch three bags to Georgetown and when the job was complete, the man tried to pay him a meagre $300. Henry said that a disagreement ensued between the two over the amount of money he was to be paid and he grabbed at a wad of cash the man had in his hand.
He said when he did so, a quantity of the cash fell to the ground and he picked up $2,500 from the pile and walked away. The defendant stated that persons crowded the scene when the incident occurred.
City magistrate Fabayo Azore, after hearing the submissions made by the prosecution and Henry, refused the man bail on both charges and adjourned the matters to October 27th, when they will be called before the Chief Magistrate.
