CONVICTED wife beater Outar Shivpersaud was sentenced to six months imprisonment, on Wednesday, after he pleaded guilty to assault causing actual bodily harm at Reliance Court in Canje, Berbice.
The 40-year-old man, who had a previous conviction for a similar offence last month, when he was put on a bond to keep the peace for six months, admitted to the charge.
The forty-four-year-old convict confessed to beating his spouse, Sita, after she refused to sit on his bicycle.
Police Corporal Roberto Figueira, prosecuting, said Shivpersaud, who was under the influence of alcohol, took the wooden bar off the bike and inflicted several blows about the woman’s body.
The Prosecutor said the virtual complainant was rescued by passersby who took her to New Amsterdam Hospital for treatment.
In answer to the Court, Shivpersaud maintained that he loves his wife and is extremely sorry for what he did.