A Plaisance man was yesterday released on self-bail on a wounding charge after a court heard that he stabbed another man with an ice pick only to defend himself during an attack.
It is alleged that on February 27th, at Plaisance Railway Embankment, Jerome Smartt, 24, of 27 Middle Street, Plaisance, unlawfully and maliciously wounded Rawle Franklyn.
A wounded Smartt pleaded not guilty to the charge after it was read to him by Magistrate Zamilla Ally-Seepaul at the Better Hope Community Centre, where the hearings of the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court are