ABDOOL Ishack, 39, of Lot 135 Cumberland, East Canje, who cuffed his wife several times because she rebuked him for molesting a younger woman, was fined $70,000 with the alternative of 10 months imprisonment, at New Amsterdam Court, last Friday.

Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo imposed the monetary penalty on the defendant after he pleaded guilty to assaulting Sanmattie Baichoo to cause her actual bodily harm.

Ishack, who initially thought he was ordered to pay a $7,000 fine, stood expressionless when the Court Orderly informed him of the correct sum.

He begged for forgiveness and expressed regret over the incident, promising there would not be a recurrence.

Police Lance Corporal Roberto Figueira, prosecuting, said the assault took place, last Sunday, at a wedding reception in Palmyra, also in Canje, Berbice.

The Prosecutor said the couple were guests at the ceremony when an argument erupted after the husband was seen speaking to a much younger female.

As a result, Ishack dealt his wife of 20 years blows about her body.

He again beat her when they awoke the following morning when his wife enquired what caused him to assault her, the Court was told.