A 72-year-old Cunu­pia man ac­cused of stab­bing his po­lice of­fi­cer daugh­ter while in­tox­i­cat­ed has been or­dered to un­der­go a psy­chi­atric eval­u­a­tion.

John Lewis, of South­ern Main Road, Cunu­pia, was re­mand­ed to the St Ann’s Psy­chi­atric Hos­pi­tal for as­sess­ment when he ap­peared in court yes­ter­day af­ter­noon on a charge of at­tempt­ed mur­der.

The charge aris­es from an in­ci­dent at Lewis’s home on March 28, which he shares with his daugh­ter, Khalia.

Ac­cord­ing to re­ports, an ar­gu­ment broke out af­ter Lewis had con­sumed al­co­hol. He al­leged­ly grabbed a knife and stabbed his daugh­ter, who was off du­ty at the time.

She was tak­en for med­ical treat­ment, while Lewis was ar­rest­ed.

Lewis was not re­quired to en­ter a plea to the in­dictable charge when he ap­peared be­fore High Court Mas­ter Rhea Lib­ert.

State at­tor­ney Avion Hop­pie ob­ject­ed to bail, not­ing that Lewis re­sides with the vic­tim.

De­fence at­tor­neys Shi­va Boodoo and Rosh­ni Balka­ran re­quest­ed the psy­chi­atric eval­u­a­tion, which may be tak­en in­to ac­count when bail is re­con­sid­ered at a lat­er hear­ing.

Mas­ter Lib­ert grant­ed the re­quest, cit­ing con­cerns about Lewis’s abil­i­ty to par­tic­i­pate in the pro­ceed­ings due to his age and an ad­vanced prostate can­cer di­ag­no­sis.

Lewis is ex­pect­ed to reap­pear in court for a sta­tus hear­ing on Ju­ly 9.