Local police have made a breakthrough in one of the recent attacks on foreign diplomats residing in Grenada.
A 25-year old a laborer residing at Boca, St George's, Kevin Paul was arrested and charged in connection with the assault two weeks ago on the husband of the Cuban Ambassador in Lance Aux Epines, St. George's.
Paul was slapped with two charges - Robbery with Violence and Causing Grievous Harm.
He made his first court appearance before Chief Magistrate Patricia Mark on Monday.
The suspect was remanded to the Richmond Hill Prison until his next court appearance on April 5.
Paul is known to be a regular law-breaker and was released from prison in December 2006.
The accused was not represented by an attorney during his first court hearing.
If convicted, Paul faces a maximum of five years imprisonment for causing grievous harm and a maximum of fifteen years imprisonment for robbery with violence.
Police have not issued any formal statement on claims made by Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Dr. Keith Mitchell that the recent attacks on diplomats in the country could be politically motivated.
In an address Sunday to party delegates attending the 21st annual convention of the ruling New National Party (NNP) government, Prime Minister Mitchell dropped strong hints that certain elements within the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) with close ties to the 1979 83 ill-fated Grenada Revolution could have been the masterminds of the attacks.
Apart from the attack on the Cubans, the Italian Consul-General was also attacked.
Foreign Affairs Minister Elvin Nimrod said the Grenada government is taking the attacks very seriously and hoped that there is no grand scheme being hatched to cause embarrassment to Grenada for the Cricket World Cup.
He announced that at a meeting held with members of the diplomatic corps, he gave assurances that everything possible will be done to ensure their full safety, since Grenada appreciates their presence.
Minister Nimrod made an appeal to the public to help control crime in the country.
