MELVILLE Crawford was fined $10,000 and placed on one year bond to keep the peace, for assaulting his wife, Usha Telford. He appeared before Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus at Vreed-en-Hoop Court, West Coast Demerara, yesterday and pleaded guilty to the unlawful assault.
Police Prosecutor Sherwin Matthews said, that on April 12, the virtual complainant, who works on a night shift, returned home to find another woman in their kitchen, at Harmonie, West Bank Demerara, preparing breakfast for their children.
She confronted the defendant and enquired about the other woman’s presence but was dealt several cuffs to the face, the court heard.