A planned ‘hang-out’ at the Kumaka Waterfront in Mabaruma, Region One went awry and resulted in Jermaine McDonald being slapped with an attempted murder charge following a fight. McDonald was on Thursday arraigned before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts on an allegation that on October 8, at Kumaka Waterfront in Mabaruma, he unlawfully and maliciously wounded Mario Gomes with intent to murder him. The court heard that McDonald is a father of two, with a fixed place of abode in Melanie Damishana, East Coast Demerara (ECD). Prosecutor Arvin Moore detailed that Mc Donald battered Gomes with a beer bottle, rendering him unconscious and causing him to be hospitalised at the Mabaruma Regional Hospital, from whence he was transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), where he remains in a critical condition. However, defence counsel for the accused indicated that the complainant was hit with a wood, and not a bottle. Counsel contended that McDonald was the one who had suffered injuries from the impact of a blow delivered by Gomes with a bottle. McDonald was refused bail in light of the seriousness and gravity of the offence and the critical condition of the VC. The case will continue before the Mabaruma magistrate on November 21.
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