Suspect in attempted murder charged

Crime and Violence Report in Belize

Wednesday, April 23, 2014. AARON HUMES Reporting: 21 year old construction worker Lincoln Robinson is accused of attempting to shoot Anthony Young dead last month.

He was charged with attempted murder, dangerous harm and use of deadly means of harm when he appeared in the #1 Magistrate’s Court.

According to Young he was with friends in a yard on Dolphin Street on March 23 when an assailant wearing a red cap rode up on him from behind, stared him down for 15 seconds, then pointed a firearm at him and shot once.

Young dodged the bullet and ran toward the canal which he tried to jump across.

He slipped and fell in and as he tried to get out he heard four more shots and then realized that he had been shot.

Young was injured to the right ankle and left wrist.

Robinson was denied bail and remanded until his next court appearance on June 21.

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