RAD­HI­CA DE SIL­VA

Se­nior Mul­ti­me­dia Re­porter

rad­hi­ca.sookraj@guardian.co.tt

A 20-year-old Vista­bel­la wait­ress is fight­ing for her life at the San Fer­nan­do Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal af­ter be­ing stabbed in the ab­domen short­ly af­ter re­turn­ing home with her nine-month-old son on New Year’s Day.

Mikay­la Au­gus­tus, of Fa­bi­en Street, Vista­bel­la, sus­tained a lung in­jury and un­der­went emer­gency surgery at the hos­pi­tal where she re­mains in se­ri­ous con­di­tion.

Po­lice said the at­tack oc­curred around 1.10 am when Au­gus­tus re­turned to her moth­er Melis­sa Boodas­ingh’s home with her ba­by.

A 21-year-old man known to Au­gus­tus con­front­ed her and stabbed her in the ab­domen with a switch-blade.

A male rel­a­tive re­strained the sus­pect and called the po­lice.

Of­fi­cers from the Mon Re­pos Po­lice Sta­tion, led by PC Ram­rat­tans­ingh, ar­rived at Boodas­ingh’s home and ar­rest­ed the sus­pect be­fore seiz­ing the weapon.

He is ex­pect­ed to face an at­tempt­ed mur­der charge, fol­low­ing in­struc­tions from the Di­rec­tor of Pub­lic Pros­e­cu­tion.