Eighteen-year-old Orwain Smith of South Better Hope, East Coast Demerara was on Friday arraigned before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan on an attempted murder charge.
It has been alleged that on July 30, 2018, while in the vicinity of Avenue of the Republic in Georgetown, Smith inflicted grievous bodily harm on James Abrams, with intent to murder him.
Facts presented to the court indicate that, on the day in question, the accused asked a friend of the virtual complainant for $100 to catch a bus to go home. The man refused to give Smith the money, instead giving it to Abrams, driver of a 
minibus at the time.
Smith refused to go into Abrams’s bus, demanding that Abrams give him the bus fare. When Abrams refused Smith’s request, an argument ensued between them, and Smith pulled out a pair of scissors from his pocket and dealt Abrams several stabs about his body.
Rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC), Abrams was admitted a patient.
The prosecutor objected to Smith being placed on bail, citing the serious nature of the offence and telling the court that Abrams had received life-threatening injuries and is currently recovering from a punctured lung and stab wounds to his neck.
The prosecutor’s objections were upheld, and Smith was remanded to prison until August 8, 2018, when the matter is expected to come up for report and fixture.
