Friends fined for stabbing man with beer bottles

Tolsieram Sookdeo and Kumar Isrie, the two friends who were found guilty of wounding a man with beer bottles, were each fined $25,000 by Magistrate Peter Hugh at the Fort Wellington Magistrate’s Court.
Isrie, 26, of Section I, Bush Lot Village, West Coast Berbice (WCB), and Sookdeo, 24, of Section D, Bush Lot Village, WCB, had denied the charge which stated that on January 1, 2021, they unlawfully and maliciously wounded Kavanchan Ramkissoon.
According to the Police prosecutor, Sookdeo was previously charged in relation to stabbing Ramkissoon to the abdomen. Ever since that incident, the two men would frequently get into verbal altercations.
On the day in question, Ramkissoon was imbibing at a shop at Bush Lot, WCB, a short distance away from where Sookdeo was drinking.
Sookdeo then went over to Ramkissoon, and shortly after, a heated argument ensued between them.
Isrie then began pelting Ramkissoon with beer bottles, and Sookdeo lashed Ramkissoon several times to the head with a beer bottle. Isrie then stabbed Ramkissoon in the back with a broken beer bottle.
Following the fight, a report was made to the Police station and the duo was arrested and charged.
Failure to pay the fine will see Isrie and Sookdeo each serving two months in prison. (G1)