PROFESSIONAL cricketer, Delbert Hicks was freed of an assault charge on Tuesday after the medical certificate issued to the mother of his twenty-day-old baby did not support the evidence.
Gaitri Seenarine, then four months pregnant, had alleged that on August 22, 2013, whilst she was three months into her pregnancy, Hicks armed himself with a cricket bat and inflicted injuries about her body, following a misunderstanding at Rose Hall Town, Corentyne, Berbice.But the defendant, in his defence, said he had left the home earlier the day, and on his return, opted to leave again because the woman was nagging.
“She did not want me to return to the road, and was quarrelling. But I told her we can’t continue living like this; I told her I will take my things and leave.
“But she locked the door, leaving myself, her mother and herself outside. She took my bat, which is usually hung outside, and gave me several lashes. I took away the bat and slapped her.
“The police came, and they said I was behaving disorderly. I went to the police,” Hicks said.
He said, although he has since moved from the home, he would telephone her and he also visited her at the hospital after she delivered their child.
Handing down his decision, Magistrate Rabindranauth Singh said he found that the
general presence and demeanour of the virtual complainant revealed her as an aggressive person.
With respect to the medical certificate, the Court stated that the doctor cannot say that the complainant was cuffed in the abdomen and said the defendant had to defend himself in the heat of the moment.
“The slap was in his defence. However, the medical does not support her story. Case dismissed,” the magistrate ruled.