The man charged with attempted murder and other charges over the attack on the acting director of the Agency for Public Information, Nadia Slater, has been remanded in custody.
Keswert Slater, 45, a delivery clerk, of Clare Valley, told Chief Magistrate Colin John at the Serious Offences Court on Thursday that he did not mind being remanded to prison.
Keswert Slater, one of Nadia Slater’s cousins, is charged that on May 5, at Clare Valley, he attempted to murder fellow villager Jean Slater.
He is also accused of inflicting grievous bodily harm on Nadia Slater, and that on the same day, he entered the dwelling house of Nadia Slater as a trespasser with the intent to commit an offence to wit, grievous bodily harm.
The charges are laid indictably, meaning that the accused man was not required to plead at this stage.
The prosecutor, Inspector of Police Renrick Cato, objected to bail and told the court that one of the victims was still in the Intensive Care Unit of the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital.
The magistrate asked the accused if he knew and understood what Cato meant when he objected to bail.
Slater told the court yes and that he did not mind being remanded in custody.
The magistrate denied bail and adjourned the matter to Monday for bail review.
The accused man did not have a lawyer.
In 2020, Slater made headlines over the theft of EC$63,000 from C.K. Greaves & Co Ltd.
