TWO separate domestic abuse cases were called before Magistrate Judy Latchman yesterday and the husbands were treated differently.

In one, Lindal Mc Almont, 49, was charged with calling his wife derogatory names. It was alleged that, on June 4, the defendant, who resides at Kwakwani, Berbice River, called his wife, Maria Mc Almont, an ‘ass and a cross’ but he pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The magistrate asked the woman if she would like to provide the evidence against her husband and she agreed.
Mc Almont was put on $20,000 bail and the case was transferred to another Court for July 12.
In the other case, Seepersaud Ramlochan was charged with using abusive language and assaulting his wife, Gangamattie Ramlochan.
The offences were, allegedly, committed on June 17, at Lot 9 Railway Line Street, Kitty, in Georgetown and the husband pleaded guilty to both.
Prosecutor Hunt said the defendant, 53, is in the habit of consuming alcohol and, at 08:00 hrs that day, he began abusing his wife because he could not find his rum.
As a result, an argument developed, during which he pushed the woman and she fell and he was arrested following a report to the Kitty Police Station.
The magistrate enquired of the husband if he had anything to say and he said he was very sorry.
Ramlochan was fined a total of $30,000 with the alternative of one month imprisonment.