Meshack Prime, a 36 year old Mason of Bogles, Carriacou, was arrested and charged on Monday 16th August, 2021, for Attempted Non-Capital Murder. He was reportedly involved in an altercation on August 15th, 2021, at Bogles, with another individual he suspected of sexually assaulting his daughter.
Prime allegedly inflicted several chop wounds on the victim leaving him without a thumb. He appeared before the Carriacou Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday 17th August, 2021, and was granted bail in the amount of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00) with two (2) sureties, with the following bail conditions:
- He is to have no contact with Virtual Complainant, witnesses and family members
- Not to be in vicinity of Virtual Complainant
- Surrender all travel documents forthwith
- Report to Carriacou Police Station every Monday, Wednesday and Friday between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m.
- Not allowed to leave the state of Grenada without permission from the court
Prime is scheduled to reappear in court on October 19th, 2021.
In an unrelated matter, a resident of Springs, St. George, is presently warded at the General Hospital in a stable condition following a chopping incident on Monday 16th August, 2021, that resulted in him losing his right hand. Investigations are ongoing in this matter.