Stabbed for a kiss

One day after trying to kiss a female schoolmate, a 17-year-old pupil of the Carapichaima Senior Comprehensive School was stabbed twice by the girl’s brother yesterday on the school’s compound. Anderson John, Form four pupil, of Chase Village, Chaguanas, was stabbed on the left side of  his face and left shoulder with an ice pick following an argument with the girl’s brother around 9 am yesterday.

The argument stemmed from an incident on Wednesday where, according to the girl,  the 17-year-old boy had tried to kiss her. Police reports, the girl’s brother, a 19-year-old past student, went to the school yesterday morning where he had a confrontation with the pupil. During the dispute, the 19-year-old youth stabbed him twice with the ice pick, before he was held by the security personnel. The Freeport police was summoned and the 19-year-old youth was arrested and taken to the station. The injured pupil was rushed to the Couva Health Centre by the EHS ambulance where he was treated and discharged. Meanwhile the 19-year-old youth was charged with malicious wounding by PC Persad. He was taken before a Justice of the Peace yesterday evening where he was granted bail in the sum of $50,000. The matter was adjourned to today.