SINGAPORE, March 17 -- The man accused of stabbing a priest at St Joseph's Church has been handed three additional charges for carrying weapons in public without a lawful purpose.

Channel News Asia (CNA) reported today that Basnayake Keith Spencer, 37, now faces a total of four charges, after being initially charged with voluntarily causing grievous hurt.

He is accused of stabbing Father Christopher Lee Kwong Heng in the mouth with a foldable knife at the church in Upper Bukit Timah on November 9 last year.

Court documents reveal that Basnayake allegedly had three other weapons with him at the time of the attack: a flip knife, a 14.5cm pen knife, and a fishing gaff - a pole with a sharp hook or spike at the end.

He has been in remand ...