MINI-BUS driver Shamal Shivnarine, 47, of Lot 66 Dowding Street, Kitty, Georgetown, was yesterday sentenced to six months imprisonment by Magistrate Judy Latchman for assault. He pleaded guilty to having on Monday, January 6, at Sandy Babb Street, also in Kitty, unlawfully assaulted Alancia Howard.
Police Sergeant Vishnu Hunt, prosecuting, said the virtual complainant is an employee of the Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC) who previously shared a relationship with the prisoner.
The prosecutor said that day, Howard was on duty at Sandy Babb Street, in Kitty, too, when she was confronted by Shivnarine who told her that he cannot forget what she did to him.
An argument ensued and he dealt her several cuffs about her face and body.
Shivnarine confessed that he had a previous conviction for a similar offence at the Vreed-en-Hoop court and, after serving six months in prison, he had asked Howard to return his National Insurance Scheme (NIS) card and driver’s licence but she refused to do so.
He said the issue then arose when he caught the woman with a policeman.
However, in tears, he begged Magistrate Latchman to be lenient with him, claiming he is not a bad person and does not steal.