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Man who stabbed uncle to be sentenced on Monday
A 25-year-old mason from D’Andrade Street, Newtown, was yesterday remanded to jail until next Monday when Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry is scheduled to sentence him. The mason pleaded guilty to stabbing his uncle in the back with a knife.
Crisco Hinds appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to answer the charge of unlawfully wounding his uncle, Stanford Williams on July 26, last, at D’Andrade Street, Newtown.
Crisco Hinds
Prosecutor Simeon Payne told the court that the defendant and the victim know each other and live in the same dwelling place in Newtown.
Payne said that the uncle got up around 06:00 hours the morning of the incident and was heading to take a shower. He walked through the kitchen, Payne said, where the defendant was also present. The nephew, she said, then picked up a knife from the kitchen counter and stabbed the uncle twice.
According to Payne, the uncle made a report to the Kitty police station where he was given a medical certificate form to take to the doctor. The man was later taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital where he received medication for his injuries.
On the police medical certificate read by the court, it was revealed that the victim had two lacerations both about two centimeters long; one on the left arm and the other in the upper chest.
The defendant however challenged the claim of the police. He insisted that he only stabbed his uncle once in the back. Hinds said he knows nothing about the other stab.
The court further learnt that almost three years ago the defendant was imprisoned for two years. He told the court that he was charged for robbery and had served his time. He was only released six months ago.
The mother of the defendant and sister of the victim intervened. She told the court that she lived in fear of her son and the threat, she said, he posed to her family.
The court postponed the sentencing until Monday.
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