MAGISTRATE Zamilla Ally-Seepaul sentenced a 35-year-old man to six months imprisonment after he confessed to causing grievous bodily harm to his reputed wife.Troy Marshall, of ‘D’ Field Sophia, East Coast Demerara pleaded guilty to the charge that he inflicted grievous bodily harm to Belinda Williams on August 15, 2016 at ‘E’ Field Sophia.

An arrest warrant was issued for Marshall since October 2016, and after being on the run for some four months, he was finally nabbed by the police.

According to police prosecutor, David Goodridge, Marshall and Williams are reputed husband and wife and on the day in question, at about 3:00hrs they had an argument and the wife prevented Marshall from entering the house.

In the process, Marshall bit the woman on her hands three times and slapped her about the body. She managed to get- away from him and ran onto the road but he followed her and pushed her into a trench.

The court heard that he tried to drown the woman in the trench when a neighbour intervened. The woman made a report to the Turkeyen Police station.