Attempted Murder over cigarettes lands 19 year old in jail

Nelson Peters

A fisherman of Ladyville is facing charges of grievous harm after being accused of stabbing another man multiple times during a fight outside a local bar on April thirtieth.  Nineteen year old Nelson Peters, a resident of Mitchell Estate, reportedly stabbed Elvis Brackett in the chest, abdomen, throat, left leg and both arms over a cigarette.  According to Brackett he had just left Karina’s Bar in Ladyville when he was approached by Peters who asked him for a cigarette.  Upon responding that he did not have any, Peters allegedly attacked him with a knife.  Ladyville Police say when they arrived at the scene Peters had to be subdued as he was seen inflicting numerous stab wounds to Brackett’s body.  Brackett, a resident of Vista del Mar, was rushed to the KHMH where he remains hospitalized.  At the scene of the crime police recovered a black pocketknife.  Peters appeared in court this morning unrepresented where he was charged with three counts of attempted murder, use of deadly means of harm and grievous harm.  He was denied bail and remanded to the Hattieville Prison until July sixteenth when he is due back in court to answer the charges.