Attempted murder accused presents Chief Magistrate with portrait

Brian Matheson, who has been remanded to prison on an attempted murder charge, yesterday presented the Chief Magistrate with a portrait of her that he created.

Matheson had been charged in October and was remanded to prison by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan.

The charge states that the 44-year-old Matheson, on September 27th, 2019, at Wortmanville, Georgetown, wounded Ronald Bettencourt with intent to commit murder. He had told the court “he pelt me first with a brick and he beat me with a steel and threatened to kill me.”

However, prosecutor Neville Jeffers had told the court that Matheson armed himself with a knife and went into the victim’s yard and dealt him several stabs about his body. He had also informed the court that the injured man was picked up in an unconscious state and rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), where he was admitted. Matheson had been remanded to prison afterwards.

Yesterday when he made his appearance, Matheson revealed to the court a portrait of the Magistrate, which he spent his time drawing while he was in prison. He had told her that he was working on her portrait at his second appearance and told her he would present it to her as soon as he was finished.

After the Chief Magistrate received the portrait, she asked the prosecutor to report on the man’s psychiatric evaluation results. She had requested the evaluation at the previous hearing.

Prosecutor Jeffers told the court that Matheson was yet to be evaluated. With no reasons as to why the man had not yet been evaluated, the Magistrate informed him that she needed to see the results to determine whether the man could be granted bail. She then adjourned the matter until November 25th.