Man charged with attempted murder in BT case

(CNS): A 42 year old man who attacked his partner with a machete in a violent domestic dispute last month in Bodden Town has been charged with attempted murder. The man who had also tried to take his own life following the incident which happened on 12 August appeared in court Monday morning and was remanded in custody. His 53 year old female victim remains in a critical condition in hospital overseas where she was airlifted shortly after the attack. The suspect in the case was also in hospital for several weeks after his suicide attempt had been taken into police custody on 1 September and was charged on Saturday.