The accused in the attempted robbery of a police rank and his family, who were believed to have been trailed from the airport last October, was yesterday faced with a new charge related to the crime.
Collis Collinson, 23, was charged with discharging of a loaded firearm at off-duty rank Richard Ramoutar, with the intent to maim, disfigure or cause him actual bodily harm, on October 7, 2015, at Kitty.
Collison pleaded not guilty to the charge, which was read to him by Magistrate Alan Wilson in Georgetown.
According to the police prosecutor assigned to the matter, the defendant was already charged with three criminal offences that he allegedly committed on the day in question.