A man who stabbed another during an argument over $40, pleaded guilty to felonious wounding when he appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday.

Collin Koyle, who is from the Corporate Area, appeared before Resident Magistrate Glen Brown after he stabbed the complainant twice after an argument over the money.

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Koyle told the court that he owed the complainant and since he borrowed the money, it has been hell for him. "Ever since mi borrow the $40, him nuh stop bugging me fi the money and seh him know weh mi live and how him a go sen man fi mi and mi did dun tell him seh mi nuh have it," he said.

He said he had repaid $15, however the complainant was still not satisfied. He said he was at work when the complainant and his friends made an attempt to assault him and he had to defend himself. Koyle said he was peeling an orange and used the knife in self-defence to stab the complainant to the chest and side.

Koyle pleaded with RM Brown to be lenient with him because he was only defending himself. "Your honour, I had to defend myself, I've never been detained or charged." he said