THE assault charge against 39-year-old Olwin Fraser, a taxi driver of Lot 77 Meadowbrook Gardens, Georgetown, was Friday dismissed by Magistrate Ann McLennan after Fraser’s wife refused to proceed with the matter against him.Fraser pleaded not guilty to the offence, particulars of which stated that on Tuesday, March 25, at Meadowbrook Gardens, he unlawfully assaulted Abigail McDonald-Fraser.

Police Corporal Dinero Jones, prosecuting, said the victim was in her bed when the defendant asked her a question, and when she did not reply, he cuffed her to the mouth.

McDonald-Fraser said she does not wish to offer any evidence against her husband. She said after the incident that night, she had called her brother to take her and the children to her mother’s place, where she is presently residing.

The woman said she does not want anything to do with Fraser, all she wants is the things in their home that she had bought.

Magistrate McLennan advised the woman to take out a protection order against the defendant.
Moreover, he was bonded to be of good behaviour for twelve months, defaulting which would earn him three months’ imprisonment.