ROSE Hall Town resident, Rickford Lashley, a repeat offender, was sentenced to two months’ imprisonment two Tuesdays ago after he pleaded guilty to a charge of assault committed on his common-law wife, Parbattie Seenarine.Magistrate Rabindranauth Singh imposed the custodial penalty after reminding the defendant that he was given a chance on a previous occasion.

“You have not learnt your lesson; you are sentenced to two months. Maybe your ways will change,” said the magistrate sternly.

Police Sergeant Phillip Sherrif, prosecuting in the Albion Court, said that on April 3 last, at 19:30hrs, the virtual complainant was at home when the defendant returned, under the influence of alcohol, and started to verbally abuse her.
As she responded, Lashley dealt her several cuffs about her body while threatening to kill her, even as he was arming himself with a cutlass.
She became fearful, and ran from her home to the Rose Hall Police Outpost where she reported the incident.