An 18-year-old man was today charged and remanded to jail over the attempted murder of a 15-year-old boy.

The accused, Claudius James appeared before Senior Magistrate Sherdel Issacs-Marcus and was not required to enter a plea to the charge.

According to the case, it alleged that on the 22^nd of February at Stabroek Market James wounded the 15-year-old, boy with the intent to murder him.

Reports are that the two teens are known to each other and were involved in previous altercations.

Last Tuesday, the two got into a fight and it was during the fight that James allegedly armed himself with a sharp object and stabbed the 15-year-old to the body.

The youth fell to the ground with his injuries and was rushed to the hospital where he remains hospitalized after a number of surgeries.

The accused, Claudius James was refused bail and remanded to prison until the 21^st March when the matter will come up again.

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