A CARPENTER was on Tuesday sentenced to two weeks imprisonment by city Magistrate Annett Singh after he was charged for assaulting the mother of his seven children.
The court heard that on Monday January 19, 2015, at Lot 36 East Ruimveldt, Georgetown, Randall Garnett unlawfully assaulted Nicola Benjamin with whom he has children, so as to cause her actual bodily harm.
On the same day, he also allegedly used abusive language to his children’s mother, wherein a breach of the peace was occasioned.
Garnett pleaded guilty to both charges when they were read to him.
According to Police Prosecutor Adoni Innis, Garnett and Benjamin had been in a common-law relationship for almost 19 years.
Innis told the court that the defendant has a habit of getting drunk and on the day in question, around 21:30hrs, Benjamin was at home with their kids when Garnett came home drunk and started accusing her of having an affair.
The court was told that he then slammed her onto the bed and began choking her and also dealt her several bites on her arm while cursing her. The matter was reported and he was charged for the offence.
Garnett was fined $5,000 along with two weeks imprisonment for the assault and another $5,000 for verbally abusing Benjamin.