Court worker charged with attempted murder

NASSAU- A court employee who allegedly beat and stabbed his girlfriend while she held their child has been charged.

Soon after the child was taken to safety, Ray Sands, 32, ran over Petra Curry wigh his car, dragging her several feet.

She remains in critical condition in hospital.

Sands, of Joan’s Heights, faced charges of attempted murder and exposing a child to grievous harm when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt in relation to the incident through Key West Street on November 15.

He didn’t have to enter pleas to the charges and was denied bail.

However, he was advised of his right to apply for bail in the Supreme Court.

Sands next returns to court on February 8.

He worked as a messenger in the account section of the Supreme Court.