MAGISTRATE Rabindranauth Singh ordered Shivarlat Persaud to post $75,000 bail at the Albion Court on Tuesday after he denied a charge of malicious damage to property, following a domestic feud with his common-law wife on Valentine’s Day.

Police Sergeant Phillip Sherriff, prosecuting, said on Valentine’s Day [February 14], the defendant and his common-law wife Natasha Narrain  had a misunderstanding at their home at Hampshire Settlement, Corentyne.

As a result, Persaud got annoyed after the woman said she wanted to move on with her life. The defendant is alleged to have maliciously damaged the woman’s belongings which included a shalwar kameez, six short jeans, five long jeans, eight dresses, a quantity of cosmetics and other personal articles totalling $280,000 in value.

As a result a report was made and charges were instituted. The case is fixed for trial on March 23.