A FORTY- seven-year- old unemployed man who threatened, abused and assaulted his mother, was sentenced to nine months imprisonment by Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus at the New Amsterdam Court on Thursday.Dennis Sankar, a repeat offender, confessed to the facts earlier narrated by Police Sergeant Phillip Sherriff, who informed the magistrate that the defendant had served several sentences prior to the current incident.
On February 7, the defendant went to his mother’s Charles Place home, in New Amsterdam under the influence of alcohol. But, on his arrival, his mother KissunSankar called “Babs,” told him to leave.
As a result, he became annoyed and started to physically assault the elderly woman, whilst using a series of expletives.
In the meantime, the virtual complainant (VC)rebuked him and ordered that he desist from such behaviour, but that angered her son further as he then pushed her, whilst threatening to burn the house with her inside.
Standing by the dock in Court One, the defendant said he was sorry and pleaded for leniency.
However, his mother said it was not the first occasion that her son had threatened her and that he was in the habit of stealing her personal items to satisfy his habits.
Thereafter, the magistrate imposed a three-month sentence for each charge, and ordered that they run consecutively.