Man who chopped neighbour over food gets seven years

Feb 09, 2017 Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News

Bhajan Nauth called ‘Boy,’ ‘Lall’ or ‘Corilla’ of Diamond Squatting Area has been sentenced to seven years in prison for the felonious wounding of his neighbour, Hubert Jerry.
Nauth was originally charged for wounding the man with the intent to murder him.
He pleaded guilty to the lesser offence yesterday after his case was called before Justice Joann Barlow at the Georgetown High Court. According to the indictment, the incident occurred on December 30, 2013.
As stated in the facts of the matter, on December 30, 2013, the victim was heading to his Diamond Squatting area residence and found Nauth standing at a fireside nearby, saying that he wanted to kill someone.
Jerry told the accused to “rest himself,” and continued walking on the dam towards his home. However, the victim said as he walked away, he felt something “bore” his side. He then realized the accused had plunged a cutlass into his body.
Nauth reportedly pulled the cutlass out of Jerry’s side and the wounded man fell face-first on the ground. The attacker then proceeded to chop Jerry about the body, inflicting wounds to his arms and shoulders.
The incident was witnessed by a community policing rank, who arrested the attacker. After he was apprehened, Nauth told the police that he chopped the man because he (Jerry) had thrown away his food from his (Nauth’s) pot. According to the report, the police observed a pot on two stones at the fireside, but there was no food in the pot and no fire beneath.
Nauth was taken into custody and the cutlass was retrieved. The victim was taken to the hospital for medical attention.
When Nauth appeared before Justice Barlow yesterday, he opted to plead to the lesser offence of felonious wounding. He was represented by Attorney Madan Kissoon.
Following his guilty plea, the judge calculated a sentence of 10 years in prison for the offence. However, two years and three months were taken off the sentence for the guilty plea and for time Nauth spent in prison, prior to his trial. Hence, he is expected to serve seven years, eight months for the offence.
The matter was presented by State Attorneys Shawnette Austin and Tameka Clarke.

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