-says “Lil rum” caused the problem.
“Maam, meh had lil drinks in meh head,” was the reason Jagnauth Narine Ramdeo gave to Magistrate Nyasha Williams-Hatmin when he appeared before her at the Cove and John Magistrate’s Court charged with threatening his wife. Police contend that the man threatened his wife, Seema Mohammed, on Friday last, but Ramdeo explained that he was under the influence of alcohol when an argument ensued between him and her, and it resulted in him threatening to harm her. He explained that he and his wife had been together for twenty-one years, and they had never previously had any such altercations.
After questioning the woman about this, and receiving confirmation of the man’s claims, the magistrate fined Ramdeo $30,000 with an alternative of three months’ imprisonment.
He was further placed on a bond to keep the peace for two years, failing which he would be committed to prison.