A 42-year-old man re­mained in po­lice cus­tody to­day af­ter slit­ting his moth­er’s throat dur­ing an ar­gu­ment.

Both the sus­pect and vic­tim, aged 60, live in Long­denville.

The house­wife was al­leged­ly at­tacked around 3.45 pm on Sun­day at home, as the two were en­gaged in a prop­er­ty dis­pute.

The sus­pect was re­port­ed to have armed him­self with a cut­lass and slit his moth­er’s throat, fol­low­ing which he walked out of the house.

The in­jured woman was tak­en to the Ch­agua­nas Dis­trict Health Fa­cil­i­ty where she was treat­ed, be­fore be­ing trans­ferred to the Er­ic Williams Med­ical Sci­ences Com­plex, Mt Hope, where she was ward­ed in a sta­ble con­di­tion.